Various issues related to modeling of software-hardware complexes, including the following, will be addressed. • Are those currently available modeling approaches insufficient for use in systematic design and optimization of embedded software + hardware systems? • Are there potential synergies between software modeling and hardware modeling approaches? • What are the possibilities of and obstac...

The expansion of the settlement trough is an important factor in the risk assessment of the tunneling induced settlement. The increase of settlement trough requires buildings to be included in the impact zone, which causes damages. This paper conducts estimation of the settlement trough width (STW) using empirical approaches, field measurement data and numerical solutions. The credibility of th...

Information systems developers such as business process engineers use Conceptual Modeling to understand the information system’s application domain and to derive such a system’s requirements. For Conceptual Modeling an appropriate modeling grammar needs to be selected. Approaches have been identified to evaluate and select a modeling grammar. It is supposed that theorybased approaches contribut...