Architecture-driven problem decomposition

Jackson's problem frames provide a means of analysing and decomposing problems. They emphasise the world outside the computer helping the developer to focus on the problem domain instead of drifting into inventing solutions. The intention is to delay consideration of the solution space until a...

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Main Authors: Rapanotti, L., Hall, J.G., Jackson, M., Nuseibeh, B.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Application software
Applied sciences
Computer architecture
Computer science
control theory
systems
Delay
Exact sciences and technology
Knowledge engineering
Programming
Reflection
Robustness
Software
Software engineering
System testing
Time to market
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Summary:Jackson's problem frames provide a means of analysing and decomposing problems. They emphasise the world outside the computer helping the developer to focus on the problem domain instead of drifting into inventing solutions. The intention is to delay consideration of the solution space until a good understanding of the problem is gained. In contrast, early consideration of a solution architecture is common practice in software development. Software is usually developed by including existing components and/or reusing existing frameworks and architectures. This has the advantage of shortening development time through reuse, and increasing the robustness of a system through the application of tried and tested solutions. In This work, we show how these two views can be reconciled and demonstrate how a choice of architecture can facilitate problem analysis, decomposition and subsequent recomposition, within the problem frames framework. In particular, we introduce architectural frames - combinations of architectural styles and problem frames - and illustrate their use by applying them to two problems from the literature.
ISSN:1090-705X
2332-6441
DOI:10.1109/ICRE.2004.1335666