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Process-oriented abstraction of the complex evolvable systems: problem model construction

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Behzad BastaniAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 33, Issue 3

Article No.: 1, Pages 1 - 13

https://doi.org/10.1145/1360602.1360608

Published: 01 May 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Architectural design and lifecycle management of complex Evolvable Systems encounter contexts and environments in which ambiguity and volatility are of essence. Ambiguity relates to the content of the information the architect has available at the time of the design and maps to the aspects, dimensions and boundaries of the system. Volatility represents constant changes of vision, knowledge and information due to the advances in science or techniques of handling and demands the architect to redesign the system to match the new realities of the time. As a result, the nature of the complex Evolvable Systems introduces serious challenges to the conventional Software Architecture and Software Engineering. This paper presents a new method called Nuclear-Process Oriented Analysis and Modeling (NPOAM), for the design of complex Open Evolvable Systems [1], and focuses on its implementation within the scope of the Problem Model construction [2] for a Cardiac Arrhythmia Management model. Our Problem Model construction develops its conceptualization on the premises of the complexities and requirements of scientific domains. Yet its applicability is not exclusive to scientific domains but since it is designed for more complex scientific environments, it is perfectly applicable to business domains as well. One of the critical contributions of NPOAM is providing the capability of random process modeling and design. The paper concludes with addressing the model analysis and verification issues.

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Process-oriented abstraction of the complex evolvable systems: problem model construction
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 33, Issue 3

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DOI:10.1145/1360602

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Blekhman AWachs JDori D(2015)Model-Based System Specification With Tesperanto: Readable Text From Formal GraphicsIEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems10.1109/TSMC.2015.240675345:11(1448-1458)Online publication date: Nov-2015
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2015.2406753
Huljenic DGrassi VMirandola RGrassi VMirandola R(2012)Software architecture challenges in evolvable systemsProceedings of the 2012 ACM SIGSOFT symposium on Industry Day10.1145/2304636.2304641(9-10)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2304636.2304641
Bastani BGreaves D(2009)Complex open-system design by quasi-agentsACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes10.1145/1543405.154341234:4(1-14)Online publication date: 6-Jul-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1543405.1543412

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