Managing the evolution of a software architecture at minimal cost under performance and reliability constraints

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 98, Issue P4, 2015, Pages 439-463

  Cortellessa, Vittorio ^a   Mirandola, Raffaela ^b   Potena, Pasqualina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Optimization model; Software cost; Software evolution; Software performance; Software reliability

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; COSTS; RELIABILITY;

ARCHITECTURAL DECISION; EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITIES; SOFTWARE COST; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 84916928014     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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