The cloud computing paradigm introduces new possibilities and challenges for application
design and deployment. On-demand resource provisioning, as well as resource and cost …

Abstract i* models have been used for requirements specification in many domains, such as
healthcare, telecommunication, and air traffic control. Managing the scalability and the …

The importance of non-functional requirements for computer systems is increasing.
Satisfying these requirements require special attention to the software architecture, once an …

In the last decades, software engineering has become an important area of research. As
researchers, we try to identify a problem, a need, or a hole in some research topic, once …

Context: The activities related to Requirements engineering (RE) are some of the most
important steps in software development, since the requirements describe what will be …

Consistency between various phases of the software development process is an important
aspect in software engineering. Without this aspect, software products may not satisfy users' …

The advanced computer aided design system, ICAD/PCB, was recently put into operation at
Fujitsu. The system provides designers with powerful tools to significantly lower the cost and …

Due to tough competition, companies must build solutions (or maintain existed) quickly and
effectively, covering the needs of customers without neglecting the quality requirements. To …

Distributed software engineering is widely recognized as a complex task. Among the
inherent complexities is the process of obtaining a system design from its global requirement …

The multi-agent systems (MAS) have become a very powerful paradigm in the development
of complex computer systems. The modeling of these systems can reduce this complexity …