Most experiments are a part of a process, not an entity unto themselves, and designs that do not account for the restrictions of the process end up with inferior analyses. In this presentation the design of experiments are described as a process instead of a single entity. A design must first be approached by stepping back to evaluate how the design of the experiment fits into the whole process...

Process-aware information systems (PAIS) must not freeze business processes, but should enable authorized users to deviate from the implemented workflows on-the-fly and to dynamically evolve them over time. While there has been a lot of work on the theoretical foundations of dynamic process changes, there is still a lack of implemented PAIS providing this dynamics. Designing the architecture of...

Developing multiprocessor systems to implement high performance signal processing algorithms can be a formidable undertaking. A process for designing multiprocessor systems , using primarily programmable processors, is proposed here. This design process starts with algorithm entry and analysis, continues with functional decomposition and architecture entry, which are used to drive the algorithm...

BACKGROUND Successful implementation of new methods and models of healthcare to achieve better patient outcomes and safe, person-centered care is dependent on the physical environment of the healthcare architecture in which the healthcare is provided. Thus, decisions concerning healthcare architecture are critical because it affects people and work processes for many years and requires a long-t...

Considering the problems facing contemporary architecture in Iran, a better understanding of the meaning of architecture has become necessary. Architecture, like language, defines and facilitates the relationship between Man and his environment. The word architecture both in Arabic (Amara) and in Latin (Architecture), attempts to define the attributes of the maker before determining the char...

Software Reference Architecture (SRA), which is a generic architecture solution for a specific type of software systems, provides foundation for the design of concrete architectures in terms of architecture design guidelines and architecture elements. The complexity and size of certain types of software systems need customized and systematic SRA design and evaluation methods. In this paper, we ...

In his text 'On Architecture', Vitruvius suggested that architecture is an imitation of nature. Here we discuss what happens when we begin using nature in architecture. We describe recent developments in the study of biofilm structure, and propose combining modern architecture and synthetic microbiology to develop sustainable construction approaches. Recently, Kolodkin-Gal laboratory and others...

Recently, the business of software architecture has become one of technology hypes and technology geeks. An architecture often defines itself by the primary technology it is built upon. Developers are given a J2EE book and then let loose. And then the project fails, although “we used an industry standard” ... How come? The craft of defining an architecture – independent of buzzwords – has gone ...

quantum-dot cellular automaton (qca) is a novel nanotechnology with a very different computational method in compared with cmos, whereas placement of electrons in cells indicates digital information. this nanotechnology with specifications such as fast speed, high parallel processing, small area, low power consumption and higher switching frequency becomes a promising candidate for cmos technol...