Studies of Software Design: ICSE'93 Workshop, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May (17-18), 1993. Selected Papers

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David Alex Lamb
Springer Science & Business Media, May 15, 1996 - Computers - 193 pages
This book contains a refereed collection of thoroughly revised full papers based on the contributions accepted for presentation at the International Workshop on Studies of Software Design, held in conjunction with the 1993 International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE'93, in Baltimore, Maryland, in May 1993.
The emphasis of the 13 papers included is on methods for studying, analyzing, and comparing designs and design methods; the topical focus is primarily on the software architecture level of design and on techniques suitable for dealing with large software systems. The book is organized in sections on architectures, tools, and design methods and opens with a detailed introduction by the volume editor.
 

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Many Faces of Software Architecture
6
Connectors Deserve FirstClass
17
Software Structure Characterization Using Connectivity
33
Regularities in Software Systems
49
Formal Approaches to Software Architecture
64
Difficulties with ObjectOriented Frameworks
77
Using a Metasystem Approach to Support and Study the Design Process
88
Constructing Software Design Theories and Models
103
An Overview
115
Program Restructuring via DesignLevel Manipulation
127
An Approach to Describe Architectural Designs
140
An Investigative Framework
151
An Exploration of ObjectOriented Methodologies for System Analysis and Design
164
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