Dynamic software architectures are those that describe how components and connectors
can be created, interconnected, and/or removed during system execution. Most existing …

A key aspect of the design of any software system is its architecture. From the perspective of
dependability, an effective architecture aims to build fault-free systems, ie ensuring fault …

Research on Software Architectures has been active since the early nineties, leading to a
number of different architecture description languages (ADL). Given their importance in …

Abstract Architecture description languages (ADLs) should consider both structural and
runtime perspectives of software architectures, an important requirement for current software …

Software development is a constant endeavor to optimize qualities like performance and
robustness while ensuring functional correctness. Architecture Description Languages …

Software architectures constitute one of the main artefacts of software-intensive system
development. They outline the essential components and interconnections of a software …

A software architecture description facilitates the comprehension, analysis and prototyping
of a piece of software. However, such a description is often monolithic and difficult to evolve …

Many architecture description languages (ADLs) have been proposed to model, analyze,
configure, and deploy complex software systems. To face this diversity, extensible ADLs (or …

Architecture description languages (ADLs) facilitate model-driven engineering by fostering
reuse of component models. Some of the over 120 ADLs contributed by academia and …

A central aspect of architecting is architecture description. Architecture descriptions take
many forms and serve many purposes throughout the life cycle of development, operation …