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World Wide Modeling: The Agility of the Web Applied to Model Repositories Read chapter Read first chapter

2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Models in Software Architecture Derivation and Evaluation: Challenges and Opportunities

Authors : Javier Gonzalez-Huerta, Emilio Insfran, Silvia Abrahão

Published in: Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development

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Abstract

Software architecture derivation and evaluation are complex and error prone activities that still represent an open problem with many challenges and opportunities where model-driven software development can play a leading role. In software product line development, the use of model-driven principles could help by providing a richer semantic representation of a product line and by capturing the architectural design decisions and its impact on the product quality attributes. In this chapter, we analyze the main challenges and opportunities surrounding the product architecture derivation and evaluation and introduce QuaDAI, a method for the derivation, evaluation, and improvement of product architectures in model-driven software product line development environments. The method comprises a multimodel, which represents the different viewpoints of a software product line, and a process conducted by model transformations that automate the derivation, evaluation, and improvement of product architectures.

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NFRs are defined in the quality viewpoint as constraints affecting the quality attributes whereas the prioritization of the quality attributes allows expressing the relative importance of each quality attribute.
 
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Metadata
Title
Models in Software Architecture Derivation and Evaluation: Challenges and Opportunities
Authors
Javier Gonzalez-Huerta
Emilio Insfran
Silvia Abrahão
Copyright Year
2015
Book
Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-25155-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-25156-1

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25156-1_2

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