On the Interconnection of Cross-cutting Concerns Within Hierarchical Modular Architectures

Modularity is often employed to increase the flexibility and adaptability of a system. A well-known issue during design modular systems emergence ripple effects propagating throughout system when one module changed, which dependent on other modules within While several techniques or approaches have been proposed mitigate these effects, they neglect integration interconnection cross-cutting concerns (i.e., functionalities that are required across different parts main functional dimension) This article argues proper important in order avoid preserve Based set possible architectures offer alternatives integrate structure, we introduce matrix (IDM) as an instrument systematically analyze concern provisioning specific artifacts. guidelines optimize concerns, applicable context IDM. We illustrate our approach by means examples domains.