A recent industry survey (Townhidnejad and Hilburn, 2002) has reported that more than fifty percent of a software project's budget is spent on activities related to improving...
—When building software systems, developers have to weigh the benefits of using one specific solution approach against the risks and costs of using another one. This process is...
The currently accepted method of accelerating applications in FPGA soft processor systems is to design a custom hardware accelerator. This paper suggests the alternative approach ...
During maintenance, systems are updated to correct faults, improve functionality, and adapt the software to changes in its execution environment. The typical softwareupdate proces...
The model-based methodology has proven to be effective for fast and low-cost development of embedded software. In the model-based development process, transforming a software stru...