Special issue on software solutions for contemporary applications

Excerpt

Software systems had been an important and significant topic within Software Engineering since its inception in the mid-1990s. Initially, the discipline had a subjective model, in which the methodology was perceived as a reusable abstract model of any system. This approach helped to understand and act upon as a whole towards developing more accurate models by enhancing the capability level of software design through various complex procedures. Recently, the discipline evolved into prescriptive systems, which standardize the importance of architectural design, decisions and their effect on system qualities, as well as the role of architectural information as the foundation of real-level understanding within software. The success and potential improvement of the software solutions has authorized itself to attain an unmatched complexity level and which is purely established based on these challenges. Therefore, even though its success in the past, the innovative need of the society establishes that much research yet to be done to achieve the vision of software solutions towards a complete engineering discipline. …