Currently, software systems must be appropriately developed to support an amount of variability for accommodating different requirements. To such development, a diversity tools has already been designed management (i.e., identification, modeling, evaluation, and realization). However, due this diversity, there is lack consensus on what in fact are even functionalities they should provide. Besid...

Five years of application-driven research taught us that there is a close connection between multiagent systems and software architecture. In this paper, we give an overview of a reference architecture for situated multiagent systems we have developed during our research. The reference architecture generalizes common functions and structures from various applications we have studied and built. ...

The architecture of the MMI2 demonstrators is presented, firstly as described by the authors and then in terms of the Reference Model for Intelligent Multimedia Presentation Systems (IMMPS). The analysis shows that the presentation pipeline of the MMI2 architecture can be readily described in terms of the Reference Model, without either significant parts of the Reference Model being unused, or ...

The Reference Architecture for Secure Smartgrids Austria (RASSA) project aims at developing a secure, interoperable reference architecture for Austrian smart grids. Building on the strength of the project’s consortium, this architecture is being specified in close coordination with all relevant stakeholders in Austria. By instantiating parts of the reference architecture, secure, and compatible...

A multiagent system (MAS) structures a software system as a set of autonomous agents that interact through a shared environment. Software architecture is generally considered as the structures of a system which comprise software elements and the relationships among the elements. So there is a clear connection between MAS and software architecture. In our research, we study situated MAS, i.e. sy...

The emergence of the Internet as a ubiquitous means of communication fostered the growth of new business and service models based on Cloud Computing. Information and Communication Technology companies use reference models to define their Cloud Computing strategies. NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture is one of these reference models that assist in the design of business, services, and a...

A reference architecture integrates a set of architectural patterns that have proven their value for a family of applications. Such family of applications is characterized by specific functionality and quality requirements. A reference architecture provides a blueprint for developing software architectures for applications that share that common base. As such, a reference architecture provides ...