Tool integration is still lacking appropriate solutions. For an integration project at DaimlerChrysler a number of requirements have been identified which shall lead to a sustainable integration framework being open to further evolution. The requirements are based on a number of principles and cover several levels: user, system, architectural, and realisation requirements. Having these requirem...

There exists a theory of a single general-purpose learning algorithm which could explain the principles of its operation. This theory assumes that the brain has some initial rough architecture, a small library of simple innate circuits which are prewired at birth and proposes that all significant mental algorithms can be learned. Given current understanding and observations, this paper reviews ...

Over the history of systems engineering, there have been numerous attempts to establish the foundations of that field on other disciplines. In this paper, we explore a new approach, founding systems engineering on an architectural metaphor. This approach is based upon our work of the past five years to establish a discipline of systems architecture. We outline the key principles of our approach...

There exists a theory of a single general-purpose learning algorithm which could explain the principles its operation. It assumes the initial rough architecture, a small library of simple innate circuits which are prewired at birth. and proposes that all significant mental algorithms are learned. Given current understanding and observations, this paper reviews and lists the ingredients of such ...

We investigate the feasibility of applying the principles of domain-specific modeling to the problem of capturing and preservation architectural modeling knowledge. The proposed solution is based on the existing architecture assessment methods, rather than architecture modeling ones, and it uses sequences of design decisions, rather than simple, unordered sets. We highlight how architecture-bas...

With the growth of adaptive educational systems available to students, integration of these systems is changing from an interesting research problem into an important practical task. One of the challenges that need to be accepted on the way is the development of mechanisms for student model integration. The architectural principles and representation technologies employed by the adaptive educat...

We propose a technique that uses webmining principles on event traces for uncovering important classes in a system’s architecture. These classes can form starting points for the program comprehension process. Furthermore, we argue that these important classes can be used to define pointcuts for the introduction of aspects. Based on a medium-scale case study – Apache Ant – and detailed architect...

Technology affected human life in many ways in different eras of mankind history. Today, the information and telecommunication technology has revolutionized basic structures of human life. Changes are from the whole to the parts and vice versa, which include family and society too. Family lost its former structure in the information age and differentiated from patriarchy family. Societies have ...

the concept of place and the necessity of understanding the plan and thus the reality of architecture has always been an important issue for architects. the mental and psychological effects of architectural frames on human beings have been considered from the early shelters to today΄s modern structure. since the human behavior is performed in defined spaces, it is necessary to design the physic...