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 …

Reference architectures have emerged as a special type of software architecture that
achieves well-recognized understanding of specific domains, promoting reuse of design …

Software for satellite control systems (SCS) domain performs a relevant role in space
systems, being responsible for ensuring the functioning of the satellites, from the orbit launch …

With big data technology and predictive analytics techniques, organisations can now
register, combine, process and analyse data to answer questions that were unsolvable a few …

Introduction The ubiquity of digital devices, the infrastructure of today, and the ever-
increasing proliferation of digital products have dawned a new era, the era of big data (BD) …

Abstract Context Software Reference Architectures (SRAs) play a fundamental role for
organizations whose business greatly depends on the efficient development and …

Variability is a key aspect in software product lines. Functional variability has been largely
studied as a way to obtain all the desired products for a line. Quality variability, less …

The success of architecture-centric development of software product lines is critically
dependent upon the availability of suitable architecture assessment methods. While a …

Software architecture has been a key area of concern in software industry due to its
profound impact on the productivity and quality of software products. This is even more …

This chapter first discusses the definitions given to reference architectures; Then, It clarifies
the differences between the reference architecture and reference model, as well as between …