CAFCR: A Multi-view Method for Embedded Systems Architecting; Balancing Genericity and Specificity
The method is based on multiple views that are integrated by qualities and architectural reasoning. Story telling is used as complementary submethod to gather requirements and to make specification and design discussions specific.
The architecting method is applied in retrospect on the development of a Medical Imaging Workstation. The Medical Imaging Workstation case is used to evaluate the method.
The thesis is structured in four parts: Introduction, Architecting method, Medical Imaging Workstation case, and Evaluation and Conclusions. The first part articulates the research question and the hypothesis. The last part assesses the hypothesis by evaluating the use of the method in the case.
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History
2.9 April 21, 2004 Gerrit Muller- fine tuning of layout
- updated the acknowledgements
- added sentence about success of the method in the case
- changed layout; chapters start at right hand pages only
- corrected bibliography entries
- added Chapter Conclusion to part IV
- created part V for appendices and bibliography
- added table of content for each part
- some chapter names changed
- moved Figure Structure of thesis from Criteria chapter to Introduction.
- changed status to finished
- added chapter references to Introduction.
- textual changes to Introduction
- changed title of Part I into "Introduction to CAFCR and Threads of Reasoning"
- added stubs for Preface, Summary and Samenvatting
- removed abstract
- rewrite of the introduction
- changed status to concept
- added "conclusion" or "summary" sections to chapters in Part II and Part III
- removed list of figures
- changed formfactor to B5
- changed frontmatter and backmatter structure
- updated acknowledgements
- updated abstract
- changed title in "CAFCR: A Multi-view Method for Embedded Systems Architecting"
- textual changes in introduction
- changed status in "draft"
- extended the list of abbreviations.
- moved the Chapter "Criterions for architecting methods" to the end of Part I.
- moved the introduction of the case more up front.
- moved chronological case description to the beginning of Part III.
- Added Appendix "Abbreviations"
- Thesis created by refactoring the book into a scientific oriented thesis and a educational oriented book
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