A method of selecting appropriate software architecture styles: Quality Attributes and Analytic Hierarchy Process

Abstract

Software Architecture Style is a proven reusable solution for known problems that in order to save huge cost and reduce risks. Software development can benefit from correct architecture style. Thus, architecture style selection is important when design software system. In this research, the authors devote to create a selection method for people who lack expertise and experience to select appropriate architecture style for their software systems. The authors collect and categorize a number of common architecture styles, and use Quality Attributes as a criterion to evaluate all those architecture styles. Moreover, they provide a systematic selection process powered by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).