The goal is to survey dependability modeling and analysis of software and systems specified
with UML, with focus on reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS). From the …

The role of information systems (IS) as representations of real-world systems is changing in
an increasingly digitalized world, suggesting that conceptual modeling is losing its …

In this position paper, we explore the opportunities and challenges of running pocket
hypervisors on commodity mobile devices through four proposed applications: secure …

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is becoming a major software framework for building
complex distributed systems. Reliability of the service-oriented systems heavily depends on …

The importance of assessing software non-functional properties (NFP) beside the functional
ones is well accepted in the software engineering community. In particular, dependability is …

With the increasing importance of reliability in business and industrial software systems, new
techniques of architecture-based reliability engineering are becoming an integral part of the …

The ability to predict the reliability of a software system early in its development, eg, during
architectural design, can help to improve the system's quality in a cost-effective manner …

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a business-centric IT architectural approach for
building distributed systems. Reliability of service-oriented systems heavily depends on the …

Good test data is crucial for driving new developments in computer vision (CV), but two
questions remain unanswered: which situations should be covered by the test data, and how …

The difficulty of managing variations and their potential interactions across an entire product
line currently hinders safety analysis in safety-critical, software product lines. The work …