Architecture potential analysis: A closer look inside architecture evaluation

Journal of Software

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 43-56

  Florentz, Bastian ^a   Huhn, Michaela ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis; Architecture; Design Space Exploration; Embedded Systems; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

ANALYSE; ARCHITECTURAL DECISION; ARCHITECTURE EVALUATION; DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION; EMBEDDED-SYSTEM; EVALUATION; ITS EVALUATION; POTENTIAL ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE EVALUATION; SOUND ARCHITECTURE;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 52949134986     PISSN: 1796217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jsw.2.4.43-56     Document Type: Article

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