Improving understandability of architecture design through visualization of architectural design decision

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 88-95

  Shahin, Mojtaba ^a   Liang, Peng ^b   Khayyambashi, Mohammad Reza ^c  

^a Sheikh Bahaei University   (Iran)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Architectural design decision; Design rationale; Rationale visualization; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DECISIONS; ARCHITECTURE DESIGNS; COMPENDIUM TOOLS; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DESIGN RATIONALE; GENERAL TOOLS; HIGH COSTS; RATIONALE VISUALIZATION; UNDERSTANDABILITY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; VISUALIZATION;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 78649894792     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1833335.1833348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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