In the software architecture design, architects usually adopt many classic architectural patterns. However, such important design decisions often fail to be effectively captured in practice. The problem called “architecture erosion” may happen easily. During the design iterations, the latest design may accidentally violate the constraints implied by existing architectural patterns. During the e...

Software architectural erosion is a big recurring problem for every software project. It has caused increasing interest in how to detect, stop and reverse the architectural erosion. However, up until now, there have not been many attempts to obtain an extensive overview of the work in the field. In this report, we are using systematic review technique to classify and report the reasons for arch...

Making architectural decisions based on requirements, analyzing cost-benefit trade-offs, and keeping design options open is a difficult task. Existing work on classification of architectural styles and features of reusable components, and derivation of relevant architectural styles provides useful heuristics to the task, but it remains to be largely a laborintensive activity. In this paper, we ...