Software process and workflow languages are increasingly used to define loosely-coupled systems of systems. These languages focus on coordination issues such as data flow and c...
Power-awareness indicates the scalability of the system energy with changing conditions and quality requirements. Multipliers are essential elements used in DSP applications and c...
ional thinking is using abstraction and decomposition when attacking a large complex task or designing a large complex system. It is separation of concerns. It is choosing an appro...
Policy enforcement is an integral part of many applications. Policies are often used to control access to sensitive information. Current policy specification languages give users ...
The design of a large component-based software system typically involves the composition of different components. Instead of relying on a free composition of components, we advoca...