While it is widely agreed that architectural simplicity is a key factor to the success of large software systems, it is not obvious how to measure architectural complexity. Our ap...
Most control systems of flexible production cells have a hierarchical structure. They become very complicated and difficult to maintain and modify when the underlying production c...
J. M. van de Mortel-Fronczak, J. P. M. Schmitz, J....
Modeling the reliability of distributed systems requires a good understanding of the reliability of the components. Careful modeling allows highly fault-tolerant distributed appli...
Abstract. Exception specifications can aid in the tasks of writing correct exception handlers and understanding exceptional control flow, but current exception specification system...
Abstract. Autonomic computing is being advocated as a tool for maintaining and managing large, complex computing systems. Self-organising multi-agent systems provide a suitable par...
Ramachandra Kota, Nicholas Gibbins, Nicholas R. Je...