Sustainability measurement in reference architectures

• Grant number: 16/16870-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2017
• End date: August 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Elisa Yumi Nakagawa
• Grantee: Tiago Volpato
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/15446-5 - Sustainability measurement in reference architecture, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Software architectures have played an essential role in determining the quality of software systems. In this scenario, reference architectures is a special type of software architecture that has successfully supported the development, standardization, and evolution of systems. Considering their relevance, many reference architectures have been established for diverse domains, such as health, automotive, and robotics. However, these application domains continually evolve and their reference architectures also need to evolve to continue to be efficient for such domains. However, many of them have not been adequately evolved. Diverse elements, such as design decisions and adherence to good design practices, influence the ability of reference architectures to support continuous changes while maintaining their efficiency; therefore, a major challenge is to ensure the sustainability in reference architectures. Hence, it is quite interesting to be able to measure the sustainability of these architectures. The main objective of this Master's project is to establish a method for measuring sustainability in reference architectures, as well as a set of guidelines to increase such sustainability. For this, sustainability will be considered as a quality characteristic, and sub characteristics and metrics will be also proposed. In order to evaluate our proposal, case studies will be conducted using representative reference architectures. As a result, we intend to contribute to the software architecture community, providing direction to more easily evolve reference architectures. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GRACIANO NETO, VALDEMAR V.; MANZANO, WALLACE; ROHLING, ADAIR JOSE; VIEIRA FERREIRA, MAURICIO GONCALVES; VOLPATO, TIAGO; NAKAGAWA, ELISA YUMI; ASSOC COMP MACHINERY. Externalizing Patterns for Simulations in Software Engineering of Systems-of-Systems. 33RD ANNUAL ACM SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTING, v. N/A, p. 8-pg., 2018-01-01. (17/17448-5, 16/16870-2, 17/06195-9)

VOLPATO, TIAGO; OLIVEIRA, BRAUNER R. N.; GARCES, LINA; CAPILLA, RAFAEL; NAKAGAWA, ELISA YUMI; ACM. Two Perspectives on Reference Architecture Sustainability. 2022 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION FUSION (FUSION 2022), v. N/A, p. 7-pg., 2017-01-01. (13/20317-9, 16/16870-2, 17/06195-9)

VOLPATO, TIAGO; ALLIAN, ANA; NAKAGAWA, ELISA YUMI; DUCHIEN, L; KOZIOLEK, A; MIRANDOLA, R; MARTINEZ, EMN; QUINTON, C; SCANDARIATO, R; SCANDURRA, P; et al. Has social sustainability been addressed in software architectures?. 13TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE (ECSA 2019), VOL 2, v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2019-01-01. (13/20317-9, 16/16870-2, 17/06195-9)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

VOLPATO, Tiago. Reference architectures: factors for their sustainability. 2018. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) São Carlos.