This paper presents the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM), a structured technique for understanding the tradeoffs inherent in design. This method was developed to provi...
Rick Kazman, Mark H. Klein, Mario Barbacci, Thomas...
Abstract. Building complex component-based software systems, for instance communication systems based on the Click, Coyote, Appia, or Dream frameworks, can lead to subtle assemblag...
Michael Lienhardt, Claudio Antares Mezzina, Alan S...
Monitoring temporal SystemC properties is crucial for the validation of functional and transaction-level models, yet the current SystemC standard provides no support for temporal s...
—Many specifications include assumptions on the environment. If the environment satisfies the assumptions then a correct system reacts as intended. However, when the environmen...
Roderick Bloem, Karin Greimel, Thomas A. Henzinger...
—One of the key challenges in modern real-time embedded systems is safe composition of different software components. Formal verification techniques provide the means for design...