Author:
Perry Dewayne E.,Wolf Alexander L.
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to build the foundation for software architecture. We first develop an intuition for software architecture by appealing to several well-established architectural disciplines. On the basis of this intuition, we present a model of software architecture that consists of three components: elements, form, and rationale. Elements are either processing, data, or connecting elements. Form is defined in terms of the properties of, and the relationships among, the elements --- that is, the constraints on the elements. The rationale provides the underlying basis for the architecture in terms of the system constraints, which most often derive from the system requirements. We discuss the components of the model in the context of both architectures and architectural styles and present an extended example to illustrate some important architecture and style considerations. We conclude by presenting some of the benefits of our approach to software architecture, summarizing our contributions, and relating our approach to other current work.
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Reference21 articles.
1. [
2
] J.L. Bentley Writing Efficient Programs Addison-Wesley Reading MA 1982. [2] J.L. Bentley Writing Efficient Programs Addison-Wesley Reading MA 1982.
2. A Guided Tour of Program Design Methodologies
3. [
4
] B.W. Boehm Software Engineering Economics Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs NJ 1981. [4] B.W. Boehm Software Engineering Economics Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs NJ 1981.
4. [
5
] F.P. Brooks Jr. The Mythical Man-Month Addison-Wesley Reading MA 1972. [5] F.P. Brooks Jr. The Mythical Man-Month Addison-Wesley Reading MA 1972.
Cited by
810 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献