Software architectures shift the focus of developers from lines-of-code to coarser-grained
architectural elements and their overall interconnection structure. Architecture description …

Because a system's software architecture strongly influences its quality attributes such as
modifiability, performance, and security, it is important to analyze and reason about that …

This article is the second of a two-part series intended as an introduction to component-
based software engineering (CBSE) in robotics. In Part I, we regarded a component as a …

As a complex software system evolves, its implementation tends to diverge from the
intended or documented design models. Such undesirable deviation makes the system hard …

Dependence management in component-based distributed systems Page 1 . . @ The authors
present a generic model for reifying dependencies in distributed component systems. They …

Both practitioners and academics often frown on pragmatic and opportunistic reuse. Large
organizations report that structured reuse methods and software product lines are often the …

The design of efficient and reliable distributed applications that operate in large networks,
over links with varying capacities and loads, demands new programming abstractions and …

Increasingly, systems are composed from independently developed parts, and mechanisms
that allow those parts to interact (connectors). In many situations, specialized forms of …

Increasingly, systems are composed from independently developed parts, and mechanisms
that allow those parts to interact (connectors). In many situations, specialized forms of …

Software connectors are increasingly recognized as an important consideration in the
design and implementation of object-oriented software systems. Connectors can be used to …