Goal orientation, in particular the i* (iStar) framework, offers expressive models that support requirements engineering. On the other hand, the understanding of how requirements models are related to architectural design is still somewhat limited. In the past years, we have been investigating how to derive architectural models from i* (iStar) models, focusing on modularity. As a result we prop...

Software architecture plays an important role in the success of modern, large and distributed software systems. For many of the software systems – especially safety-critical ones – it is important to specify their architectures using formal modeling notations. In this case, it is possible to assess different functional and nonfunctional properties on the designed models. Graph Transformation Sy...

This chapter focuses on designing software architectures of mobile applications using an Aspect-Oriented Architecture Description Language (AOADL). The AOADL follows an approach called Ambient-PRISMA which enables designers to address, in an explicit and abstract way, the notion of location and mobility. Concretely, the AOADL extends the PRISMA AOADL by introducing a primitive called an ambient...

We make a case for the relevance of the ideas of aspect-oriented programming at the architectural level. Traditional approaches to software architecture often assume that a software system exhibits a single architecture, of which the elements map more or less directly to implementation-level components. We claim that multiple architectural views, that may crosscut the implementation structure ,...

Software architectures shift the focus of developers from lines-of-code to coarser-grained elements and their interconnection structure. Architecture description languages (ADLs) have been proposed as domain-specific languages for the domain of software architecture. There is still little consensus in the research community on what problems are most important to address in a study of software a...

As the eld of neural-network matures toward real-world applications, a need for hardware systems to eeciently compute larger network arises. Several designs have been proposed in the recent years and a selection of the more interesting VLSI digital realizations are reviewed here. Limitations of conventional performance measurements are brieey discussed and a diier-ent architectural level evalua...

Even providing several benefits and facilities with regard to teaching and learning, mobile learning environments present problems and challenges that must be investigated, especially with respect to the definition and standardization of architectural aspects. Most of these environments are still built in isolation, with particular structures and architectures, hindering aspects such as reuse a...

Abstract The decisions and personal preferences of the designer are vital for all aspects and stages of the design. To elaborate, the designer has the central role in creation, development, detailing and construction of the built forms. Also, the scientific/engineering evaluations of the design models are carried out under the directions and decisions of the designer. The paper explores the con...

Religious place attachment is an affective bond that develops between people and their religious settings. The published literature shows that although religion has a significant impact on the public ‘place attachment’, the architectural features and attributes of the places could still play an influencing role in strengthening this attachment. However, the role of architectural characteristics...