Title :
Evaluation of software architectures using multicriteria fuzzy decision making technique
Author :
Zayaraz, G. ; Vijayalakshmi, S. ; Vijayalakshmi, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept of Comput. Sci. Eng., Pondicherry Eng. Coll., Puducherry, India
Abstract :
Software architectures is a critical aspect in the design and development of software. Architecture of software is a collection of design decisions that are expensive to change. A correct architecture has the largest single impact on cost and quality of the product. Though architecting constitutes 10% of the product development cycle, it determines 90% of the product development costs. Given the impact that software architecture has on a project´s success, the need to choose the right architecture assumes significance. Organizations often need to choose software architecture for future development from several competing candidate architectures. In this paper, a new architecture selection method based on multicriteria fuzzy decision making technique has been developed and validated using a suitable case study.
Keywords :
decision making; fuzzy set theory; matrix algebra; software architecture; architecture selection method; multicriteria fuzzy decision making technique; product development costs; product development cycle; software architecture evaluation; software design; software development; Broadcasting; Computer architecture; Decision making; Educational institutions; Feeds; Monitoring; Programming; Real time systems; Software architecture; Software systems; Decision making; Fuzzy Decision Making; Quality attributes; Software architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Agent & Multi-Agent Systems, 2009. IAMA 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4710-7
DOI :
10.1109/IAMA.2009.5228013