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This paper discusses the topic of uncertainty in the context of architecting embedded software and systems. It presents links between complexity and uncertainty, and identifies different kinds of uncertainty. Based on this, it elaborates why uncertainty arises in the architecting of software-intensive systems, and presents ten different tactics that can be employed to deal with uncertainty and mitigate the associated risks.
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Axelsson, J. (2011). On How to Deal with Uncertainty When Architecting Embedded Software and Systems. In: Crnkovic, I., Gruhn, V., Book, M. (eds) Software Architecture. ECSA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6903. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23798-0_20
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