Adaptable architecture generation for embedded systems

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-295

  Chung, Lawrence ^a   Subramanian, Nary ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b Anritsu Company USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Knowledge base; NFR Framework; Non functional requirements; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

KNOWLEDGE BASE; NFR FRAMEWORK; NON FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (NFR); SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 1242309972     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(03)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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