Software architecture decisions hinge more on non-functional requirements (NFRs) than on functional ones, since the architecture stipulates which software to build. Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) aims to automate the derivation/generation of software from high level architectural specifications, but most current MDA implementations start from software design (i.e. how to build a software piece...

Designing cyber-physical systems (CPSs) increasingly requires the use of multi-domain models throughout the development process. Ensuring consistent relationships between various system models is an important part of an integrated design methodology. This paper describes an architectural approach to reasoning about relations between heterogeneous system models. The run-time base architecture of...

For accelerating the birth of architectures, people apply logical inductions and definitions to design processes ambiguous in the past then explore the possibilities of design methods. Evolving with times and varied perspectives, there are gradually increasing ways which could generate the difference of the natures in architectures – dynamic or static. Architecture has its own mode of dynamic o...

The PSL (Process Specification Language) project is creating a standard language for process specification to serve as an interlingua to integrate multiple process−related applications throughout the manufacturing life cycle. This interchange language is unique due to the formal semantic definitions (the ontology) that underlie the language. The PSL ontology is organized modularly with a small ...

The objective of this thesis is to provide a method and tool to leverage computational resources to empower a systems architect to reason about architectural decisions more comprehensively and effectively compared to traditional approaches. This thesis provides a computational framework for decision support called the Architecture Decision Graph framework. It supports human decision-making by p...

Overview I describe the key contributions of IEEE Std 1471 to the discipline of software architecture representation. After reviewing the contributions of IEEE 1471, I discuss how we (the community interested in Software Architecture) may build upon the foundation provided by IEEE 1471 to continue to improve and disseminate techniques for architectural description. (Although three pages is insu...