Long-living software systems are sustainable if they can be cost-efficiently maintained and
evolved over their entire life-cycle. The quality of software architectures determines …

The main idea of software architecture is to concentrate on the" big picture" of a software
system. In the context of object-oriented software systems higher-level architectural …

In order to study software evolution, it is necessary to measure artefacts representative of
project releases. If we consider the process of software evolution to be copying with …

Applying encapsulation techniques lead to software systems in which the majority of
changes are localized, which reduces maintenance and testing effort. In the evaluation of …

Service oriented architecture (SOA) is becoming an increasingly popular architectural style
for many organizations due to the promised agility, flexibility benefits. Although the concept …

Between waking up in the morning and reading the first e-mail at work the majority of people
have already interacted with over a dozen software systems. All aspects of a daily commute …

In component‐based software development, integration testing is a crucial step in verifying
the composite behaviour of a system. However, very few formally or empirically validated …

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has become a widely accepted approach that provides
a flexible IT infrastructure in order to deal with the increasing pace of business changes and …

Recently, public interest in the blockchain technology has surged and various applications
based on the technology have emerged. However, there has been little study on …

With the enhancement of hardware and software engineering, the effectiveness and
correctness of software is less and less doubted and customers are more aware about …