Database-centric architecture

About: Database-centric architecture is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1799 publications have been published within this topic receiving 48836 citations.

Using Dependence Analysis to Support Software Architecture Understanding

Abstract: Software architecture is receiving increasingly attention as a critical design level for software systems As software architecture design resources (in the form of architectural descriptions) are going to be accumulated, the development of techniques and tools to support architectural understanding, testing, reengineering, maintaining, and reusing will become an important issue In this paper we introduce a new dependence analysis technique, named architectural dependence analysis to support software architecture development In contrast to traditional dependence analysis, architectural dependence analysis is designed to operate on an architectural description of a software system, rather than the source code of a conventional program Architectural dependence analysis provides knowledge of dependences for the high-level architecture of a software system, rather than the low-level implementation details of a conventional program

A breadboard architecture for pervasive context-aware services in smart spaces: middleware components and prototype applications

Abstract: We present an architectural framework along with a set of middleware elements, facilitating the integration of perceptual components, sensors, actuators, and context-modeling scripts, comprising sophisticated ubiquitous computing applications in smart spaces. The architecture puts special emphasis on the integration of perceptual components contributed by a variety of technology providers, which has not been adequately addressed in legacy architectures. Moreover, the introduced architecture allows for intelligent discovery and management of resources. Along with the description of this breadboard architecture, we present its non-functional features and assess its performance. We also outline a rich set of practical prototype pervasive services that have been built, based on this architecture. These services emphasize on providing non-obtrusive human-centric assistance (e.g., memory aids, meeting recordings, pertinent information) in the scope of meetings, lectures and presentation, Experiences from building these services manifest the benefits of the introduced architecture.

Analyzing Software Architectures for Modifiability.

Abstract: The software architecture plays an important role in achieving a modifiable system, but few methods for modifiability analysis exist. In this paper, we propose an analysis method for software architecture modifiability that has successfully been applied in several cases. The method consists of five main steps, i.e. goal selection, software architecture description, scenario elicitation, scenario evaluation and interpretation.

Making architecture reviews work in the real world

Abstract: This article explores the nontechnical aspects of formal architecture reviews-social, psychological, and managerial. Architecture reviews differ from other technical reviews because of their close relationship to a system's business goals, so they need to be approached differently. The authors draw lessons from their experiences in reviewing and evaluating software and system architectures in a wide variety of application domains. They discuss the issues architects face when running such reviews, common pitfalls to avoid, and ways of increasing an organization's chances of a successful review.

Software Architectures and Component Technology

Abstract: Software architectures have gained wide popularity in the last decade. They generally play a fundamental role in coping with the inherent difficulties of the development of large-scale and complex software systems. Component-oriented and aspect-oriented programming enables software engineers to implement complex applications from a set of pre-defined components. Software Architectures and Component Technology collects excellent chapters on software architectures and component technologies from well-known authors, who not only explain the advantages, but also present the shortcomings of the current approaches while introducing novel solutions to overcome the shortcomings. The unique features of this book are: - evaluates the current architecture design methods and component composition techniques and explains their shortcomings; - presents three practical architecture design methods in detail; - gives four industrial architecture design examples; - presents conceptual models for distributed message-based architectures; - explains techniques for refining architectures into components; - presents the recent developments in component and aspect-oriented techniques; - explains the status of research on Piccola, Hyper/J®, Pluggable Composite Adapters and Composition Filters. Software Architectures and Component Technology is a suitable text for graduate level students in computer science and engineering, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.