Shaw On Software Architecture

An Introduction to Software Architecture David Garlan, and Mary Shaw

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/able/www/paper_abstracts/intro_softarch.html

PS: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/able/ftp/intro_softarch/intro_softarch.ps

PDF: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/able/ftp/intro_softarch/intro_softarch.pdf

That 39 page paper apparently led to the later book:

"Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline" by Mary Shaw and David Garlan; 1996, ISBN 0131829572 .

Partial Table of Contents:

Chapter 2: Architectural Styles

• Pipes and Filters
• Data Abstraction and Object-Oriented Organization
• Event-based, Implicit Invocation
• Layered Systems
• Repositories (including Blackboards)
• Interpreters
• Process control
• Other Architectures
• Heterogenous Architectures

Chapter 3: Case Studies

• Key Word in Context
• Instrumentation Software
• Mobile Robotics
• Cruise Control
• Three Vignettes in Mixed Style

Chapter 4: Shared Information Systems

• Database Integration
• Integration in Software Development Environments
• Integration in the Design of Buildings
• Architectural Structures for Shared Information Systems

Chapter 5: Architectural Design Guidance

• Guidance for User-Interface Architectures, by Thomas G. Lane
• The Quantified Design Space, by Toru Asada et al

Chapter 6 Formal Models and Specifications

Chapter 7 Linguistic Issues

Chapter 8 Tools for Architectural Design

Chapter 9 Education of Software Architects

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