Architecting Dependable Systems IV

Architectural Description Languages.- Architecting Dependable Systems with the SAE Architecture Analysis and Description Language (AADL).- A System Dependability Modeling Framework Using AADL and GSPNs.- Towards Improving Dependability of Automotive Systems by Using the EAST-ADL Architecture Description Language.- The View Glue.- Architectural Components and Patterns.- A Component-Based Approach to Verification and Validation of Formal Software Models.- A Pattern-Based Approach for Modeling and Analyzing Error Recovery.- Architectural Fault Tolerance Using Exception Handling.- Model-Centric Development of Highly Available Software Systems.- An Outline of an Architecture-Based Method for Optimizing Dependability Attributes of Software-Intensive Systems.- Architecting Distributed Systems.- A Distributed Monitoring System for Enhancing Security and Dependability at Architectural Level.- Architecting Dynamic Reconfiguration in Dependable Systems.- Ecotopia: An Ecological Framework for Change Management in Distributed Systems.- Generic-Events Architecture: Integrating Real-World Aspects in Event-Based Systems.- Flexible Communication Architecture for Dependable Time-Triggered Systems.- Business Process Monitoring for Dependability.- Architectural Assurances for Dependability.- Achieving Dependable Systems by Synergistic Development of Architectures and Assurance Cases.- Towards Evidence-Based Architectural Design for Safety-Critical Software Applications.- Extending Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Approach for Reliability Analysis at the Software Architecture Design Level.

From the reviews:"This book is a collection of papers selected from two annual workshops organized in 2008: Workshop on Architecting Dependable Systems (WADS) and Workshop on Views on Designing Complex Architectures (VODCA). The papers are organized in three parts, covering service-oriented architectures (SOA), fault tolerance and assessment, and security-related issues. ... reading this book has helped me refresh my knowledge of several theoretical concepts related to dependability and find their new applications." (Janusz Zalewski, ACM Computing Reviews, February, 2011)