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Towards a meta-model for dynamic applications

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Aïcha Choutri,

Faïza BelalaAuthors Info & Claims

CBSE '14: Proceedings of the 17th international ACM Sigsoft symposium on Component-based software engineering

Pages 23 - 28

https://doi.org/10.1145/2602458.2602469

Published: 27 June 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Interfaces are the key architectural elements able to offer a better behavior or evolution view of software system architecture and components interactions.In this paper, we propose a single software architecture description meta-model based on MDA approach to deal with both static and dynamic aspects. It is particularly centered on the interface concept considered as a first class entity. This has the advantage to allow a loose coupling of basic constructing blocks. Moreover, it will ensure facilities for software maintainability and flexibility. Our high-level architecture behavior and dynamics definition is illustrated and evaluated through a realistic example of a ubiquitous system.

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Smaali SChoutri ABelala F(2015)K-based definition of Real Time Distributed Systems: from a meta-model to maude modules2015 International Conference on Protocol Engineering (ICPE) and International Conference on New Technologies of Distributed Systems (NTDS)10.1109/NOTERE.2015.7293487(1-6)Online publication date: Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1109/NOTERE.2015.7293487

Index Terms

Towards a meta-model for dynamic applications
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Distributed systems organizing principles
        Client-server architectures
      2. Software architectures

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CBSE '14: Proceedings of the 17th international ACM Sigsoft symposium on Component-based software engineering

June 2014

200 pages

ISBN:9781450325776

DOI:10.1145/2602458

General Chair:
Lionel Seinturier
Université Lille 1, France
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Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
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Mälardalen University, Sweden

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Smaali SChoutri ABelala F(2015)K-based definition of Real Time Distributed Systems: from a meta-model to maude modules2015 International Conference on Protocol Engineering (ICPE) and International Conference on New Technologies of Distributed Systems (NTDS)10.1109/NOTERE.2015.7293487(1-6)Online publication date: Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1109/NOTERE.2015.7293487

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