@article{10975,
  author = {Jacqueline Floch and Svein Hallsteinsen and Erlend Stav and Frank Eliassen and Ketil Lund and Eli Gj{\o}rven},
  title = {Using Architecture Models for Runtime Adaptability},
  abstract = {Developers typically use software architecture models at design time to capture significant decisions about a software system{\textquoteright}s organization and to describe and establish a common understanding about the system{\textquoteright}s abstract properties. Architectural information isn{\textquoteright}t usually explicitly represented at runtime; developers transform and realize the architectural properties through runtime artifacts. Recently, the introduction of software platforms supporting component plug-in and dynamic binding has facilitated adaptation of software systems at runtime. Preserving the properties described by the architecture model during adaptation is an important task. We propose a self-adaptation approach that exploits architecture models to reason about and control adaptation at runtime. We can derive runtime models from design models facilitating the developers{\textquoteright} task. We developed the approach in the context of mobile computing. This article is part of a focus section on software architecture.},
  year = {2006},
  journal = {IEEE Software},
  volume = {23},
  number = {2},
  pages = {62-70},
  month = {March/April},
}