Several software architecture paradigms have been proposed for the development of interactive software systems and applications. Their common idea is the separation of user interface components from application logic. Normally, they are deployed as design patterns or basic frameworks of interactive systems. Deploying these architecture paradigms for multimedia systems or embedded real-time syst...

It has often been pointed out that the different architecture models proposed for interactive computer graphics were too much imprecise. Global architecture models intended to define the macromodules that constitute such systems do not precise the functional description nor the interface of these modules. Multi-agent models, intended to define the micro-structure of the building blocks of such ...

We present a game-based architecture for developing complex interactive components in computational logic. This supports the component oriented development of interactive systems, in such a way, that interactive components can be represented either as players that make moves according to the rules of a game or as umpires that enforce the rules on players, and thereby controlling their interacti...

Interactive architecture bridges in itself two design traditions, i.e. design of interactive systems on the one hand, and architecture as the tradition of designing our built environment on the other hand. This article reports from our ongoing project focused on the design and implementation of an interactive environment for public use. The article describes the project, reviews and outlines th...

Interactive architecture bridges in itself two design traditions, i.e. design of interactive systems on the one hand, and architecture as the tradition of designing our built environment on the other hand. This article reports from our ongoing project focused on the design and implementation of an interactive environment for public use. The article describes the project, reviews and outlines th...

This article analyses the relationships between software architecture, programming languages and interactive systems. It proposes to consider that languages, like user interface tools, implement architecture styles or patterns aimed at particular stakeholders and scenarios. It lists architecture issues in interactive software that would be best resolved at the language level, in that conflictin...

Human-in-the-loop simulation systems, also called interactive simulation systems (ISSs), play an increasingly important role in problem-solving environments for complex problems. The High Level Architecture (HLA) provides a uniform interface for realizing the interoperability between distributed modules and has been widely applied in the construction of ISSs. However, using the current architec...

We present Tidebanan (Time Way), an interactive visualization of the history of the metro system of Stockholm from 1949 to 2014 that includes a projection to 2025. The analytics tool visually correlates the growth of the metro system with the changing demographic density of Stockholm. Interestingly, we discover patterns of density decrease in central Stockholm as new metro lines open, in partic...

This paper introduces an adaptive architecture for presenting interactive timed media onto distributed networked devices. The architecture is put into the test in a storytelling application for children. The interactive story is documented in StoryML, an XML-based language, and presented to multiple interface devices organized in an agent-based architecture. This allows the separation of the co...