The development of new technologies is setting a new era characterized, among other
factors, by the rise of sophisticated mobile devices containing CPUs and GPUs. This …

Following Aristotle's theory of substances and accidents, the difficulties in developing
software can be categorised into essences and accidents. Essences are the conceptual …

The research presented here takes place in the context of the EC Funded ArchWare project
which focuses on innovative architecture-centric languages, frameworks and tools for …

Support for evolution can be classified as static or dynamic. Static evolvability is principally
concerned with structuring systems as separated abstractions. Dynamic evolvability is …

Middleware augments operating systems and network infrastructure to assist in the creation
of distributed applications in a heterogeneous environment. Current middleware systems …

We believe that to fully support adaptive distributed applications, middleware must itself be
adaptable, adaptive and policy-free. In this paper we present a new language-independent …

Businesses today are required to comply with a litany of legislation, regulations and
standards. However, with an increasing utilisation of the internet for delivering products as …

Static analysis of software processes is important in assessing the correctness of processes,
particularly since their long duration and distributed execution make them difficult to test. We …

Process models have an inherent need to rapidly evolve in order to maintain
synchronization with the human domain that they are supporting. To support the required …

Businesses need software systems that support their ability to evolve in response to their
rapidly changing environment. Legacy systems that limit a business's adaptability are seen …