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The Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL): An Introduction

Technical Note
This 2006 report provides an introduction to the AADL, a modeling language that supports early and repeated analyses of a system's architecture with respect to performance-critical properties.
Publisher

Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-2006-TN-011
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6584909.v1

Abstract

In November 2004, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) released the aerospace standard AS5506, named the Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL). The AADL is a modeling language that supports early and repeated analyses of a system's architecture with respect to performance-critical properties through an extendable notation, a tool framework, and precisely defined semantics. 

The language employs formal modeling concepts for the description and analysis of application system architectures in terms of distinct components and their interactions. It includes abstractions of software, computational hardware, and system components for (a) specifying and analyzing real-time embedded and high dependability systems, complex systems of systems, and specialized performance capability systems and (b) mapping of software onto computational hardware elements. 

The AADL is especially effective for model-based analysis and specification of complex real-time embedded systems. This technical note is an introduction to the concepts, language structure, and application of the AADL.

Cite This Technical Note

Feiler, P., Gluch, D., & Hudak, J. (2006, February 1). The Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL): An Introduction. (Technical Note CMU/SEI-2006-TN-011). Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6584909.v1.

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Feiler, Peter, David Gluch, and John Hudak. "The Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL): An Introduction." (CMU/SEI-2006-TN-011). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, February 1, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6584909.v1.

P. Feiler, D. Gluch, and J. Hudak, "The Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL): An Introduction," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2006-TN-011, 1-Feb-2006 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6584909.v1. [Accessed: 28-Mar-2024].

Feiler, Peter, David Gluch, and John Hudak. "The Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL): An Introduction." (Technical Note CMU/SEI-2006-TN-011). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Feb. 2006. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6584909.v1. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Feiler, Peter; Gluch, David; & Hudak, John. The Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL): An Introduction. CMU/SEI-2006-TN-011. Software Engineering Institute. 2006. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6584909.v1