Abstract
Microservices Architecture (MSA) style is a promising design approach to develop software applications consisting of multiple small and independently deployable services. Over the past few years, researchers and practitioners have proposed many MSA patterns and strategies covering various aspects of microservices design, such as application decomposition. However, selecting appropriate patterns and strategies can entail various challenges for practitioners. To this end, this study proposes a decision model for selecting patterns and strategies to decompose applications into microservices. We used peer-reviewed and grey literature to collect the patterns, strategies, and quality attributes for creating this decision model.
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This work has been supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant No. 2018YFB1402800 and the NSFC under Grant No. 62172311.
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Waseem, M., Liang, P., Márquez, G., Shahin, M., Khan, A.A., Ahmad, A. (2021). A Decision Model for Selecting Patterns and Strategies to Decompose Applications into Microservices. In: Hacid, H., Kao, O., Mecella, M., Moha, N., Paik, Hy. (eds) Service-Oriented Computing. ICSOC 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13121. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91431-8_62
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