A framework for design tradeoffs
Författare
Summary, in English
Designs almost always require tradeoffs between competing design choices to meet system requirements. We present a framework for evaluating design choices with respect to meeting competing requirements. Specifically, we develop a model to estimate the performance of a UML design subject to changing levels of security and fault-tolerance. This analysis gives us a way to identify design solutions that are infeasible. Multi-criteria decision making techniques are applied to evaluate the remaining feasible alternatives. The method is illustrated with two examples: a small sensor network and a system for controlling traffic lights.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2005
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
377-405
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Software Quality Journal
Volym
13
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Computer Science
Nyckelord
- design tradeoffs
- UML
- fault tolerance
- security
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0963-9314