2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA)最新文献

Enabling Consistency between Software Artefacts for Software Adaption and Evolution 为软件适应和进化实现软件工件之间的一致性

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00009

David Monschein, Manar Mazkatli, R. Heinrich, A. Koziolek

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引用次数: 6

Quantum Computing Platforms: Assessing the Impact on Quality Attributes and SDLC Activities 量子计算平台:评估对质量属性和SDLC活动的影响

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00016

B. Sodhi, Ritu Kapur

{"title":"Quantum Computing Platforms: Assessing the Impact on Quality Attributes and SDLC Activities","authors":"B. Sodhi, Ritu Kapur","doi":"10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00016","url":null,"abstract":"Practical quantum computing is rapidly becoming a reality. To harness quantum computers’ real potential in software applications, one needs to have an in-depth understanding of all such characteristics of quantum computing platforms (QCPs), relevant from the Software Engineering (SE) perspective. Restrictions on copying, deletion, the transmission of qubit states, a hard dependency on quantum algorithms are few, out of many, examples of QCP characteristics that have significant implications for building quantum software.Thus, developing quantum software requires a paradigm shift in thinking by software engineers. This paper presents the key findings from the SE perspective, resulting from an in-depth examination of state-of-the-art QCPs available today. The main contributions that we present include i) Proposing a general architecture of the QCPs, ii) Proposing a programming model for developing quantum software, iii) Determining architecturally significant characteristics of QCPs, and iv) Determining the impact of these characteristics on various Quality Attributes (QAs) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) activities.We show that the nature of QCPs makes them useful mainly in specialized application areas such as scientific computing. Except for performance and scalability, most of the other QAs (e.g., maintainability, testability, and reliability) are adversely affected by different characteristics of a QCP.","PeriodicalId":284628,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128545843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 11

Constructing a Shared Infrastructure for Software Architecture Analysis and Maintenance 构建面向软件体系结构分析与维护的共享基础结构

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00022

Joshua Garcia, Mehdi Mirakhorli, Lu Xiao, Yutong Zhao, Ibrahim Mujhid, K. Pham, A. Okutan, S. Malek, R. Kazman, Yuanfang Cai, N. Medvidović

{"title":"Constructing a Shared Infrastructure for Software Architecture Analysis and Maintenance","authors":"Joshua Garcia, Mehdi Mirakhorli, Lu Xiao, Yutong Zhao, Ibrahim Mujhid, K. Pham, A. Okutan, S. Malek, R. Kazman, Yuanfang Cai, N. Medvidović","doi":"10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00022","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past three decades software engineering researchers have produced a wide range of techniques and tools for understanding the architectures of large, complex systems. However, these have tended to be one-off research projects, and their idiosyncratic natures have hampered research collaboration, extension and combination of the tools, and technology transfer. The area of software architecture is rich with disjoint research and development infrastructures, and datasets that are either proprietary or captured in proprietary formats. This paper describes a concerted effort to reverse these trends. We have designed and implemented a flexible and extensible infrastructure (SAIN) with the goal of sharing, replicating, and advancing software architecture research. We have demonstrated that SAIN is capable of incorporating the constituent tools extracted from three independently developed, large, long-lived software architecture research environments. We discuss SAIN’s ambitious goals, the challenges we have faced in achieving those goals, the key decisions made in SAIN’s design and implementation, the lessons learned from our experience to date, and our ongoing and future work.","PeriodicalId":284628,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA)","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131650347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

Exploring Web Search Engines to Find Architectural Knowledge 探索网络搜索引擎寻找建筑知识

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00023

Mohamed Soliman, Marion Wiese, Yikun Li, Matthias Riebisch, P. Avgeriou

引用次数: 9

The Influence of Cognitive Biases on Architectural Technical Debt 认知偏差对架构技术债务的影响

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00019

Klara Borowa, A. Zalewski, Szymon Kijas

引用次数: 8

Continuous API Evolution in Heterogenous Enterprise Software Systems 异构企业软件系统中API的持续演化

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00014

H. Knoche, W. Hasselbring

引用次数: 1

Practitioner Views on the Interrelation of Microservice APIs and Domain-Driven Design: A Grey Literature Study Based on Grounded Theory 实践者对微服务api与领域驱动设计相互关系的看法:基于扎根理论的灰色文献研究

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00011

Apitchaka Singjai, Uwe Zdun, O. Zimmermann

引用次数: 11

A Decision Model for Choosing Patterns in Blockchain-Based Applications 基于区块链的应用中模式选择的决策模型

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00013

Xiwei Xu, H. D. Dilum Bandara, Q. Lu, I. Weber, L. Bass, Liming Zhu

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引用次数: 20

Aligning Architecture with Business Goals in the Automotive Domain 使架构与汽车领域的业务目标保持一致

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00020

Alessio Bucaioni, Patrizio Pelliccione, Rebekka Wohlrab

引用次数: 5

Semi-automatic Feedback for Improving Architecture Conformance to Microservice Patterns and Practices 用于改进体系结构与微服务模式和实践一致性的半自动反馈

2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1109/ICSA51549.2021.00012

Evangelos Ntentos, Uwe Zdun, Konstantinos Plakidas, Sebastian Geiger

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引用次数: 8