A general model of software architecture design derived from five industrial approaches

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-126

  Hofmeister, Christine ^a   Kruchten, Philippe ^b   Nord, Robert L ^c   Obbink, Henk ^d   Ran, Alexander ^e   America, Pierre ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^e NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural method; Software architecture; Software architecture analysis; Software architecture design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARCHITECTURAL METHOD; INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750997574     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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