<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A system architect has software requirements and some unspecified knowledge about a problem domain (e.g., an enterprise) as source information for assessment and evaluation of possible solutions and getting the target point, a preliminary software design. The solving factor is architect’s experience and expertise in the problem domain (“AS-IS”). A proposed approach is dedicated to assist a system architect in making an appropriate decision on the solution (“TO-BE”). It is based on a formal mathematical model, Topological Functioning Model (TFM). Compliant TFMs can be transformed into software architectural views. The paper demonstrates and discusses tracing dependency links from the requirements to and between the architectural views.</p></abstract>

A system architect has software requirements and some unspecified knowledge about a problem domain (e.g., an enterprise) as source information for assessment and evaluation of possible solutions and getting the target point, a preliminary software design. The solving factor is architect’s experience and expertise in the problem domain (“AS-IS”). A proposed approach is dedicated to assist a system architect in making an appropriate decision on the solution (“TO-BE”). It is based on a formal mathematical model, Topological Functioning Model (TFM). Compliant TFMs can be transformed into software architectural views. The paper demonstrates and discusses tracing dependency links from the requirements to and between the architectural views.

Dependencies among Architectural Views Got from Software Requirements Based on a Formal Model

Applied Computer Systems

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A system architect has software requirements and some unspecified knowledge about a problem domain (e.g., an enterprise) as source information for assessment...

Dependencies among Architectural Views Got from Software Requirements Based on a Formal Model

Published Online: Jan 27, 2015

Page range: 5 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acss-2014-0007

Keywords
Analytical models, object oriented modeling, software architecture, software quality, topology

© Riga Technical University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Dependencies among Architectural Views Got from Software Requirements Based on a Formal Model

Published Online: Jan 27, 2015

Page range: 5 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acss-2014-0007

KeywordsAnalytical models, object oriented modeling, software architecture, software quality, topology

© Riga Technical University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Analytical models, object oriented modeling, software architecture, software quality, topology