Software architectures, like complex designs in any field, embody tradeoffs made by the designers. However, these tradeoffs are not always made explicitly by the designers and the...
Rick Kazman, Mario Barbacci, Mark Klein, S. Jeromy...
As software evolves, impact analysis estimates the potential effects of changes, before or after they are made, by identifying which parts of the software may be affected by such ...
Taweesup Apiwattanapong, Alessandro Orso, Mary Jea...
Abstract. The problem of interpreting the results of software performance analysis is very critical. Software developers expect feedbacks in terms of architectural design alternati...
Vittorio Cortellessa, Anne Martens, Ralf Reussner,...
Existing security models require that information of a given security level be prevented from “leaking” into lower-security information. High-security applications must be dem...
Taint analysis, a form of information-flow analysis, establishes whether values from untrusted methods and parameters may flow into security-sensitive operations. Taint analysis...
Omer Tripp, Marco Pistoia, Stephen J. Fink, Manu S...