Software architecture is often intended as a synonym of functional decomposition. Recently, the growing interest in quality factors is pushing software architects to explicitly address issues such as reliability, robustness, and ee-ciency in the early phases of the software process. Also, an eeective software process emphasizes the need for requirement traceability in all phases of development....

aim: universities can overcome unstable funds as a result of changes or diminished governmental financial resources by relying on benevolent funding. however, the optimal use of this depends on recognition of their probable requirements and potential deviations that despite its evident nature is usually unnoticed. methodology: due to the relatively successful experience of imam sadiq (a.s.) uni...

An important question in taste research is how 25 receptors of the human TAS2R family detect thousands of structurally diverse compounds. An answer to this question may arise from the observation that TAS2Rs in general are broadly tuned to interact with numerous substances. Ultimately, interaction with chemically diverse agonists requires architectures of binding pockets tailored to combine fle...

Process-aware information systems (PAISs) can be configured using a reference process model, which is typically obtained via expert interviews. Over time, however, contextual factors and system requirements may cause the operational process to start deviating from this reference model. While a reference model should ideally be updated to remain aligned with such changes, this is a costly and of...

This study reports the results of a longitudinal ®eld experiment designed to examine the impact of group discussion when soliciting user requirements of an accounting information system. A total of 346 subjects were randomly assigned to individual and group treatment conditions. Preand post-experiment surveys, administered 12 months apart, assessed cognitive, motivational, and desired outcome f...