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WICSA
2008
15 years 6 months ago
A Modifiable Agent-Based Software Architecture for Intelligent Virtual Environments for Training
During the last years, Intelligent Virtual Environments for Training have become a quite popular application of computer science to education. However, little attention is being p...
Gonzalo Méndez, Angélica de Antonio
ICSE
2005
IEEE-ACM
16 years 4 months ago
Explicit assumptions enrich architectural models
Design for change is a well-known adagium in software engineering. We separate concerns, employ well-designed interfaces, and the like to ease evolution of the systems we build. W...
Patricia Lago, Hans van Vliet
IWPSE
2003
IEEE
15 years 9 months ago
The Chaos of Software Development
In this paper we present a new perspective on the problem of complexity in software, using sound mathematical concepts from information theory such as Shannon’s Entropy [31]. We...
Ahmed E. Hassan, Richard C. Holt
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ISSRE
2008
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Using Fault Modeling in Safety Cases
For many safety-critical systems a safety case is built as part of the certification or acceptance process. The safety case assembles evidence to justify that the design and imple...
Robyn R. Lutz, Ann Patterson-Hine
RE
1995
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Using non-functional requirements to systematically support change
Non-Functional requirements (or quality requirements, NFRs) such as confidentiality, performance and timeliness are often crucial to a software system. Our NFRFramework treats NF...
Lawrence Chung, Brian A. Nixon, Eric S. K. Yu