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....Observation shows that the experts reuse successful experience over time. Patterns arise when speci c problem solution pairs are abstracted and the common factors are distilled out. Each pattern is a three part rule, which expresses a relation between a certain context, a problem, and a solution [3]. A context is a situation in which the problem occurs. Problem refers to a problem that arises repeatedly in the given context. Solution is a proven resolution of the problem. A design pattern is a medium scale pattern. It describes a commonly recurring structure of communicating components ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....topic in both industry and academia. Some of these patterns and styles are considered to be architectural concepts describing architectural phenomena. The idea about software patterns are inspired by patterns for conventional architecture as described by the architect Christopher Alexander in e.g. [4, 5]. We consider the ideas about (software) architectural styles [53] to be closely related with patterns. The field of software patterns is very fast growing, and patterns describing all aspects of software are being proposed: from coding patterns specific to certain programming languages to ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....details and supplementary explanation. To get a quick overview, simply read the main points and skip the intervening text. It is hoped that the display of the main points does not unduly hinder a continuous reading of the full text. This style of presentation is borrowed from a book by Alexander [Ale79], where it is used with great effect. 2 Asf Sdf Casl Asf Sdf and Casl have a significant number of features in common. Here we consider the intersection of Asf Sdf and Casl: those concepts Both frameworks support the basic notions of many sorted algebra with total functions. A ....

Christopher Alexander. A Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....give a short introduction to design patterns. 4.1 Patterns and Frameworks The dictionary explains the word pattern as something proposed as example and for imitation. The idea to use the term pattern to describe recurring problems in architecture was described in A Timeless Way of Building [16] and A Pattern Language [15] written by Christopher Alexander. He describes patterns and pattern languages in the field of architecture and architectural science as follows [16] Each pattern describes a problem that occurs over and over again in our environment and then describes the core ....

....to use the term pattern to describe recurring problems in architecture was described in A Timeless Way of Building [16] and A Pattern Language [15] written by Christopher Alexander. He describes patterns and pattern languages in the field of architecture and architectural science as follows [16]. Each pattern describes a problem that occurs over and over again in our environment and then describes the core of the solution to that problem in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over without ever doing it the same way twice. Later computer scientists discovered ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, New York, 1979.

....cannot be seen in isolation. Each situation is connected to other situations. For example, the situation in which a function definition is written, is part of the situation in which the signature of an abstract datatype is provided. The notion of patterns, as introduced by Alexander [Al 77] [Ale79], can be used to identify and name the recurring situations in which a language feature is used. A pattern describes a situation with its inherent forces and constraints and possible solutions that balance these forces. It gives the context (other situations) in which this situation occurs, and ....

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....learn and use them. 2.2 The History of Design Patterns Design patterns originate from the work of an architect named Christopher Alexander. In the late 1970s, he wrote two books about patterns for urban planning and building architecture, A Pattern Language [4] and A Timeless Way of Building [5]. Alexander wanted to create structures that are good for people and have a positive influence on them by improving their comfort and their quality of life. Christopher Alexander asked himself, What is present in a good quality design that is not present in a poor design What is present in a ....

....are: The name of the pattern. The purpose of the pattern, the problem it solves. How we could accomplish this. The constraints and forces we have to consider in order to accomplish it. The following is an example of a pattern from Alexander s famous book A Timeless Way of Building [5]: The Courtyard Pattern A courtyard, which is properly formed, helps people come to life in it. Consider the forces at work in a courtyard. Most fundamental of all, people seek some kind of private outdoor space, where they can sit under the sky, see the stars, enjoy the sun, perhaps plant ....

Christopher Alexander. A Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....explicitly and conveniently. Subjectoriented programming [13] promises just that, and we are exploring its ramifications for our tool. 7 Related Work Most elements of this work have had long research histories. The pattern concept arose from the work of Christopher Alexander in the Seventies [1, 2]. Alexander sought to capture on paper the essence of great architecture in a structured, repeatable way. He focused on the design and construction of buildings and towns, but gradually his ideas took root in the software community, blossoming only recently. Actually, Design Patterns was ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, NewYork, 1979.

.... [4, 3] and by 1993 the first version of a catalog of patterns was in draft form (summarized in [17] which eventually formed the basis for the first book on design patterns [18] All of these activities were influenced by the works of Christopher Alexander, a building architect and urban planner [2, 1] who coined the term pattern to refer to recurring designs in (building) architecture. In the summer of 1993, a small group of pattern enthusiasts formed the Hillside Generative Patterns Group and subsequently organized the first conference on patterns called the Pattern Languages of ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, New York, 1979.

....that must be developed manually. This observation has led to the development of program frameworks [39] and software architectures [30] both of which are components of the more general concept of design patterns. Design patterns have their roots in the architectural work of Christopher Alexander [1, 2]. This work was first brought to the attention of the software community in [7] but more forcefully and with great impact in the seminal work [17] Of course earlier work such as [25, 33, 32] provided foundational material for the adoption of architectural patterns by academics and software ....

.... 6 we describe class libraries and expository material for using patterns; Section 7 discusses related work and the project is summarized in Section 8; in Appendix A we describe potential pitfalls in web based methods of dissemination 2 What is a Pattern Alexander defines a pattern as follows: [2] This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant #DUE 9554910 and #CCR 9702550 1 A design pattern is a three part rule, which expresses a relation between a certain context, a problem, and a solution. The pattern is, in short, at the same time a thing, and the ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....communication in interdisciplinary design teams, and outline how those pattern languages fit into the usability engineering lifecycle. ROOTS Claim 1 Architecture is closer to HCI than to software engineering. The original intention of patterns as introduced by architect Christopher Alexander [1, 3] was to capture the essence of successful solutions to recurring design problems in urban architecture. According to Alexander, a building or a town is given its character, essentially, by those events which keep on happening there most often [1, p. 66] and the social patterns of activity in an ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford Univ. Press, 1979.

....a particular application by sub classing and composing instances of framework classes . We illustrate frameworks by the VIRTUAL MACHINE FRAMEWORK [12] described in appendix B. Object oriented patterns are inspired by Christopher Alexander s work on patterns in conventional architecture ( 3] and [2]) In summary, a pattern describes a solution to a recurring design problem. The problem is described as a set of conflicting forces, and the solution resolves these forces. The solution is given as a composition of elements (a structure) together with a description of the process needed to ....

....they offer, whereas the design patterns also distinguish themselves on account of the problems they solve and under which constraints they can be applied. Problem, Context, and Solution. In Alexander s original work on architecture, a pattern consists of a solution to a problem in a context [2]. In contrast the understanding of meta patterns comes only from the implicit knowledge of the functionality encapsulated in the template and hook methods. The context (and problem) aspect of the meta patterns is described in a fragmented way [17] Also many examples are used to describe the ....

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....and defining their responsibilities and collaboration. Gamma et al. 1995] i.e. a framework can be considered a semi finished application (system, module) that specifies a general skeleton for all applications made from it. Patterns The architect Christopher Alexander s work on patterns [Alexander, 1979] has had an important influence on recent research within object oriented design. According to Alexander a pattern is a rule that connects a problem, a context and a solution. A pattern describes how a configuration of elements (i.e. a structure) can be applied in order to solve a problem which ....

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....to significantly reduce the amount of application code that must be developed manually. This observation has led to the development of program frameworks [42] software architectures [33] and design patterns. Design patterns have their roots in the architectural work of Christopher Alexander [1, 2]. This work was first brought to the attention of the software community in [9] but more forcefully and with great impact in the seminal work [20] Of course earlier work such as [28, 36, 35] provided foundational material for the adoption of architectural patterns by academics and software ....

.... a potential rethinking and restructuring of curricula that might be facilitated in part by using patterns; Section 7 discusses related and future work; in Appendix A we describe potential pitfalls in web based methods of dissemination 2 What is a Pattern Alexander defines a pattern as follows: [2] A design pattern is a three part rule, which expresses a relation between a certain context, a problem, and a solution. The pattern is, in short, at the same time a thing, and the rule which tells us how to create that thing, and when we must create it. # This work is supported in ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....research was supported in part by the Danish National Centre for IT Research, Project No. work to a particular application by sub classing and composing instances of framework classes . Object oriented patterns are inspired by Christopher Alexander s work on patterns in conventional architecture [1], 2] In summary, a pattern describes a reusable solution to a recurring design problem. The problem is described as a set of conflicting forces, and the solution resolves these forces. The solution consists of a product description, which is given as a composition of elements (a structure) ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....field position. In architecture, a pattern is an Framework Designer Framework User micro architectures Figure 4: Framework Conceptual View Designer versus User architectural design or style. An architect, Christopher Alexander, was one of the early pioneers in design pattern theory [Ale79] Indeed each building and each town is ultimately made out of patterns in the space, and out of nothing else; they [patterns in the space] are the atoms and molecules from which a building or town is made. Similarly, each framework and its derived applications are ultimately implemented out of ....

Christopher Alexander. The timeless way of building. Oxford University Press, New York, 1979.

....already been described by other authors [Coad 1992] Gamma et al. 1994] our purpose is to describe how they fit and cooperate with higher level patterns to produce complete frameworks. Our attempt to form such a description is motivated by Christopher Alexander s pattern language [Alexander 1977] [Alexander 1979], with which whole metropolitan regions are designed or improved by applying successively more detailed patterns, culminating with patterns such as half inch trim . While Alexander s exposition proceeds top down, ours begins with low level patterns and works up to a whole framework; this approach ....

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....evolutionary changes in the way we think about programming will come from viewing problems through the perspective of other programming paradigms. As new elements are merged with existing languages, programming languages will continue to be increasingly multiparadigmatic in their nature. Alexander [2] states that every society which is alive and whole, will have its own unique and distinct pattern language. If there is an object oriented pattern language, then imperative, logical, functional, and visual pattern languages should also exist. And if elements of these languages can be used ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.

.... Pattern languages were identified by Christopher Alexander, an architectural designer, who began describing the design of vernacular buildings and towns in terms of collections of templates or rules of thumb that when applied in the right context would result in functionaland beautiful structures [1]. Alexander called his templates patterns, and he called collections of related patterns, pattern languages. Alexander s work has had a strong influence on the objectoriented design community, where the goal of defining patterns is to promote reuse while allowing novice designers to learn from ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....cannot be seen in isolation. Each situation is connected to other situations. For example, the situation in which a function definition is written, is part of the situation in which the signature of an abstract datatype is provided. The notion of patterns, as introduced by Alexander [Al 77] [Ale79], can be used to identify and name the recurring situations in which a language feature is used. A pattern describes a situation with its inherent forces and constraints and possible solutions that balance these forces. It gives the context (other situations) in which this situation occurs, and ....

Christopher Alexander. A Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

....that made good sense for character based displays are less relevant to high resolution graphics displays, at least as initially stated. This paper looks to the work of Christopher Alexander, an architect, for cues as to how to specify principles for the design of interactive systems Alexander [1, 2] has suggested an approach in architecture for developing urban communities and buildings based on patterns . This paper explores a similar process for the development of patterns related to human computer interaction. We suggest that patterns will provide analysts, designers, and programmers ....

....designers, and programmers, 2. helps in resolving design conflicts by improving communications across the phases of system development, 3. is relatively immune to changes in technology, and 4. may be applied in multiple situations at both specific and general levels 3 Methodology Alexander[1, 2], in developing his architectural patterns visited places that worked to gather the characteristics of these places for later analysis. While it would be possible to examine interactive systems in this same way, it was our opinion that the literature already contains patterns and nascent ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1979.

....Moreover, design patterns are usually independent of the implementation language. There has been interest recently within the object oriented community [8] in pattern languages for the architecture of buildings and communities as advocated by Christopher Alexander in The Timeless Way of Building [2]. Alexander s patterns consist of three parts: A context that describes when a pattern is applicable. The problem (or system of conflicting forces ) that the pattern resolves in that context. A configuration that describes physical relationships that solve the problem. Both design ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, New York, 1979.

....24, 14] to select a pattern. We call the problem of selecting the pattern to apply to a given design problem the pattern selection problem. The first collection of patterns was made by an architect, Christopher Alexander, and these patterns described building design rather than software design [1, 2]. Alexander solved the pattern selection problem by organising his patterns into a pattern language. A pattern language is organised from the most general large scale patterns to the most specific small scale patterns, based on the relationships between the patterns. Applying the patterns in a ....

....language can be traversed by following the uses relationship from larger scale to smaller scale patterns, with each pattern both describing a solution to a subproblem, and indicating subsequent applicable patterns. In Alexander s terminology, traversing the pattern language generates a design [2, 1, 8]. Because of this organisation, it is more difficult to compile a pattern language than a pattern catalogue. The progression from larger to smaller scale patterns defines the large scale structure of a pattern language, with the uses relationship between patterns defining the small scale ....

Christopher Alexander. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979.

.... between objects as the building blocks of larger architectures [Coad92] Gamma93] Our original interest in patterns[Kerth88] was sparked by the work of an architect, Christopher Alexander, whose patterns encode knowledge of the design and construction of communities and buildings [Alexander77] [Alexander79]. His use of the word pattern takes on more meaning than the usual dictionary definition. Alexander s patterns are both a description of a recurring pattern of architectural elements and a rule for how and when to create that pattern. They are the recurring decisions made by experts, written so ....

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....can t profit as much from mistakes made by others as we can in, for example, architecture. Recording design principles in architecture will prevent future architects from making mistakes. This is what Christopher Alexander must have thought when he described patterns in building houses and towns [Ale79] As an expert he categorized architectural design patterns to let others profit of his knowledge. According to Alexander; Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can ....

....his knowledge. According to Alexander; Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice. Ale79] So, patterns are frequently reoccurring design problems, with an abstract solution to it. Experts design with patterns, whether they are aware of it or not. They will apply a proven solution again and again when they re faced with the same kind of problem. Just like anyone of us applies the ....

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....essential for successful design. In both domains, good structure may be more complex than designers can easily visualize; future research into design tools may be needed to solve this problem. Alexander later extended the ideas about hierarchical urban structure to a general philosophy of design [3]. These ideas have been influential in urban design and software engineering. In Alexander s view, well designed cities and buildings manifest a DAG structure of design elements. These elements are recurring patterns of events in time, interlocked with geometric patterns in space. That is, the ....

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