For embedded systems quality requirements are equally if not even more important than functional requirements. The foundation for the fulfillment of these quality requirements ha...
Abstract. An architectural bad smell is a commonly (although not always intentionally) used set of architectural design decisions that negatively impacts system lifecycle propertie...
Joshua Garcia, Daniel Popescu, George Edwards, Nen...
The lifecycle mismatch between vehicles and their IT system poses a problem for the automotive industry. Such systems need to be open and extensible to provide customised function...
Software systems need to change over time to cope with new requirements, and due to design decisions, the changes happen to crosscut the system’s structure. Understanding how ch...
Our analysis of crosscutting concerns in real-life software systems (totaling over 500,000 LOC) and in reports from literature indicated a number of properties that allow for thei...