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Modularity analysis of logical design models
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Modularity analysis of logical design models

Yuanfang Cai, Kevin J. Sullivan and IEEE COMPUTER SOC
ASE 2006: 21ST IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS, pp 91-100
01 Jan 2006

Abstract

Computer Science Computer Science, Software Engineering Science & Technology Technology
Traditional design representations are inadequate for generalized reasoning about modularity in design and its technical and economic implications. We have developed an architectural modeling and analysis approach, and automated tool support, for improved reasoning in these terms. However, the complexity of constraint satisfaction limited the size of models that we could analyze. The contribution of this paper is a more scalable approach. We exploit the dominance relations in our models to guide a divide-and-conquer algorithm, which we have implemented it in our Simon tool. We evaluate its performance in case studies. The approach reduced the time needed to analyze small but representative modelsfrom hours to seconds. This work appears to make our modeling and analysis approach practicalfor research on the evolvability and economic properties of software design architectures.

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