Conceptual design is a decisive stage in the new product development process and
responsible for the originality and uniqueness of a product. Also, it is in this stage where …

The dynamics of systems of systems often involve complex interactions among the individual
systems, making the implications of design choices challenging to predict. Design features …

Abstract Systems-of-Systems (SoS) combine heterogeneous, independent systems to offer
complex functionalities for highly dynamic smart applications. Besides their dynamic …

Background: Replication is a recurrent issue in empirical software engineering (ESE).
Although it is a foundation of science, replication is hard to execute despite the many …

Abstract Background Systems-of-systems (SoS) are alliances of independent and
interoperable software-intensive systems. SoS often support critical domains, being required …

Software has been increasingly embedded into systems (eg, autonomous cars, traffic control
systems, power distribution systems) to increase the precision of their functionalities, deliver …

Smart systems, such as smart cities, smart buildings, and autonomous cars, have recently
gained increasing popularity. Each such system is essentially a System-of-Systems (SoS) …

Context It has been argued that software engineering replications are useful for verifying the
results of previous experiments. However, it has not yet been agreed how to check whether …

Over the years, knowledge on how to engineer software-intensive system-of-systems (SoS)
have been expanded and advanced. With the emergence of smart cities, which is a …

Background: Modern code review is expected to facilitate knowledge sharing: All relevant
information, the collective expertise, and meta-information around the code change and its …