Software Patterns, Knowledge Maps, and Domain Analysis

This book introduces a new process for creating software design patterns that leads to highly stable, reusable, and cost-effective software. The basis of this new process is a topology of software patterns called knowledge maps. This book is designed to allow readers to master the basics of knowledge maps from their theoretical aspects to practical application. Each chapter of the book concludes with an open research issue, review questions, exercises, and a series of projects.