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Journals included in the manual search of the mapping study. Table 4

Table 4 Journals included in the manual search of the mapping study. Table 4

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Conclusions: The study results show an increased interest in the application of knowledge-based approaches in software architecture in recent years. A number of knowledge-based approaches, including knowledge capture and representation, reuse, sharing, recovery, and reasoning, have been employed ina spectrum of architecting activities. Knowledge-based approaches have been applied to a wide range of application domains, among which “Embedded software” has received the most attention. 0950-5849/$ - see front matter © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2012.11.005
Conclusions: The study results show an increased interest in the application of knowledge-based approaches in software architecture in recent years. A number of knowledge-based approaches, including knowledge capture and representation, reuse, sharing, recovery, and reasoning, have been employed ina spectrum of architecting activities. Knowledge-based approaches have been applied to a wide range of application domains, among which “Embedded software” has received the most attention. 0950-5849/$ - see front matter © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2012.11.005
Primary support from general to specific architecting activities. Table 1
Primary support from general to specific architecting activities. Table 1
Fig. 1. Design of the systematic mapping study.
Fig. 1. Design of the systematic mapping study.
Electronic databases included in the automatic search of the mapping study.
Electronic databases included in the automatic search of the mapping study.
Workshops included in the manual search of the mapping study.
Workshops included in the manual search of the mapping study.
Conferences included in the manual search of the mapping study.
Conferences included in the manual search of the mapping study.
Fig. 2. Study search and selection results in three rounds of selection.
Fig. 2. Study search and selection results in three rounds of selection.
Extracted data items.
Extracted data items.
Questions on study quality assessment.
Questions on study quality assessment.
Fig. 3. Studies distribution of AKASA over the range of architecting activities, knowledge-based approaches, and time period. Looking at the map (Fig. 3) from the perspective of knowledge- based approach dimension, we get the distribution of selected studies over knowledge-based approaches in Fig. 4. This figure
Fig. 3. Studies distribution of AKASA over the range of architecting activities, knowledge-based approaches, and time period. Looking at the map (Fig. 3) from the perspective of knowledge- based approach dimension, we get the distribution of selected studies over knowledge-based approaches in Fig. 4. This figure
Fig. 4. Distribution of selected studies over knowledge-based approaches.
Fig. 4. Distribution of selected studies over knowledge-based approaches.
Fig. 5. Distribution of selected studies using KCR over architecting activities. As revealed in Fig. 6, AIA is not a well-explored research area in architecting activities in terms of the application of knowledge- based approaches. S4 proposes a meta-model of architectural de- sign decisions to make the design decision knowledge explicit (a method of KCR), based on which an algorithm for AIA is designed to automatically identify all the architectural elements affected by a changed architectural design decision; $17 employs KCR and KR to make explicit the architectural design decisions and their relationships, based on which the results of AIA are more reliable. These two studies both consider architectural design decisions as first-class architecture elements and perform AIA from the per- spective of changing architectural design decisions. We argue that KS and KR should receive more attention in AIA, as the knowledge about AIA of existing architectures can facilitate the AIA of similar architectures (e.g., the architecture of software product lines). Con- sider a product line and concrete Products A and B. Performing AIA
Fig. 5. Distribution of selected studies using KCR over architecting activities. As revealed in Fig. 6, AIA is not a well-explored research area in architecting activities in terms of the application of knowledge- based approaches. S4 proposes a meta-model of architectural de- sign decisions to make the design decision knowledge explicit (a method of KCR), based on which an algorithm for AIA is designed to automatically identify all the architectural elements affected by a changed architectural design decision; $17 employs KCR and KR to make explicit the architectural design decisions and their relationships, based on which the results of AIA are more reliable. These two studies both consider architectural design decisions as first-class architecture elements and perform AIA from the per- spective of changing architectural design decisions. We argue that KS and KR should receive more attention in AIA, as the knowledge about AIA of existing architectures can facilitate the AIA of similar architectures (e.g., the architecture of software product lines). Con- sider a product line and concrete Products A and B. Performing AIA
Fig. 6. Distribution of selected studies over architecting activities.
Fig. 6. Distribution of selected studies over architecting activities.
Distribution of selected studies over publication types.
Distribution of selected studies over publication types.
Fig. 7. Distribution of selected studies over time period.
Fig. 7. Distribution of selected studies over time period.
Distribution of selected studies over publication sources. Table 10
Distribution of selected studies over publication sources. Table 10
Distribution of application domains of the selected studies. Table 11
Distribution of application domains of the selected studies. Table 11
Distribution of application domains of the studies with industrial evidence. Table 12
Distribution of application domains of the studies with industrial evidence. Table 12
Table 13
Table 13
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