Executable architecture: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:35, 8 July 2009

Latest revision as of 23:52, 12 December 2024

(24 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown)

Line 1:

An '''Executable Architecture''' ('''EA'''), in general, is the description of a [[system architecture]] (including software and/or otherwise) in a [[:wikt:formal|formal]] [[:wikt:notation|notation]] together with the tools (e.g. [[compilers]]/[[Translator (computers)|translators]]) that allow the automatic or semi-automatic generation of artifacts (e.g. Capabilitycapability Gapgap Analysisanalysis (CGA), [[Modelsscientific modelling|models]], software stubs, [[Military Scenario Definition Language]] (MSDL)) from that notation and which are used in the analysis, refinement, and/or the implementation of the architecture described.<ref>Pawlowski, Tom, "Executable Architecture", [[MITRE]], 2004 [http://www.mitre.org/news/events/tech04/briefings/729.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821115022/http://www.mitre.org/news/events/tech04/briefings/729.pdf |date=2008-08-21 }}</ref><ref>Garcia, Johnny, "Executable architecture analysis modeling", {{ISBN |1-56555-314-4}}, 2007 [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1404840]</ref><ref>Youssef, R., Kim, B., Pagotto, J., Vallerand, A., Lam, S., Pace, P., Pogue, C., Greenley, A., "Toward an Integrated Executable Architecture and M&S Based Analysis for Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security", RTO-MP-MSG-045, NATO OTAN, February 2007 [http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFullText/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-MSG-045///MP-MSG-045-07.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517202722/http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public/ |date=May 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>Harrison, Gregory A., Hutt, Russell, Kern, Howard S., Saidi, Salaheddine, Young, Christopher A., "Federated executable architecture technology as an enabling technology for simulation of large systems", 2006 [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006SPIE.6227E..13H]</ref>

{{wiktionary|Executable Architecture}}

==Closely Relatedrelated Subjectssubjects==

An '''Executable Architecture''' ('''EA'''), in general, is the description of a [[system architecture]] (including software and/or otherwise) in a [[formal]] [[notation]] together with the tools (e.g. [[compilers]]/[[Translator (computers)|translators]]) that allow the automatic or semi-automatic generation of artifacts (e.g. Capability Gap Analysis (CGA), [[Models]], software stubs, [[Military Scenario Definition Language]] (MSDL)) from that notation and which are used in the analysis, refinement, and/or the implementation of the architecture described.<ref>Pawlowski, Tom, "Executable Architecture", [[MITRE]], 2004 [http://www.mitre.org/news/events/tech04/briefings/729.pdf]</ref><ref>Garcia, Johnny, "Executable architecture analysis modeling", ISBN 1-56555-314-4, 2007 [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1404840]</ref><ref>Youssef, R., Kim, B., Pagotto, J., Vallerand, A., Lam, S., Pace, P., Pogue, C., Greenley, A., "Toward an Integrated Executable Architecture and M&S Based Analysis for Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security", RTO-MP-MSG-045, NATO OTAN, February 2007 [http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFullText/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-MSG-045///MP-MSG-045-07.pdf]</ref><ref>Harrison, Gregory A., Hutt, Russell, Kern, Howard S., Saidi, Salaheddine, Young, Christopher A., "Federated executable architecture technology as an enabling technology for simulation of large systems", 2006 [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006SPIE.6227E..13H]</ref>

==Closely Related Subjects==

Subjects closely related to '''EA''' include:

Line 10 ⟶ 8:

* [[Vanderbilt University]]'s Model Integrated Computing (MIC)

== Implementations ==

Implementations of '''EA''' include:

* [[Rational Rose]]

* [[Generic Modeling Environment]] (GME)

* Open -Source eGov Reference Architecture (OSERA)

== See also ==

* [[Business Process Execution Language]] (BPEL)

* [[Business Process Management Initiative]] (BPMI)

* [[Business Process Modeling Language]] (BPMNBPML)

* [[Operational View#Executable Operational Architecture||Executable Operational Architecture]]

* [[Model-driven architecture]] (MDA)

* [[Model-driven engineering]] (MDE)

* [[Object Management Group]] (OMG)

* [[Operational View#Executable Operational Architecture||Executable Operational Architecture]]

* [[Semantic Web]]

* [[Unified Process]]

* [[UniversalUnified Modeling Language]] (UML)

* [[Vanderbilt University]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

==External Linkslinks==

{{wiktionaryWiktionary|Executable Architecture}}

* [http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/research/MIC Model Integrated Computing (MIC) Website]

* [https://oseraarchive.govisis.vanderbilt.edu/webresearch/guest/homeMIC Model Integrated Computing OSERA's(MIC) Website]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070811000531/https://osera.gov/web/guest/home OSERA's Website]

* [http://bpm.com/bpm-today/blogs/1157-executable-architecture-of-software-defined-enterprises Executable Architecture of Software-Defined Enterprises] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320055642/http://bpm.com/bpm-today/blogs/1157-executable-architecture-of-software-defined-enterprises |date=Mar 20, 2017}}

[[Category:Systems engineering]]

[[Category:Military Acquisitionacquisition]]

[[Category:ModelingMilitary & Simulationsimulation]]