Executable architecture

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/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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Closely related subjects

Subjects closely related to EA include:

Object Management Group's Model-driven architecture
Object Management Group's Business Process Management Initiative
Vanderbilt University's Model Integrated Computing (MIC)

Implementations

Implementations of EA include:

Rational Rose
Generic Modeling Environment (GME)
Open-Source eGov Reference Architecture (OSERA)

References

^ Pawlowski, Tom, "Executable Architecture", MITRE, 2004 [1] Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ Garcia, Johnny, "Executable architecture analysis modeling", ISBN 1-56555-314-4, 2007 [2]
^ 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 [3] Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ 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 [4]