A COMPREHENSIVE METHODOLOGY FOR MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT OF SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES

Chernikov Ilya Sergeevich, Bolotov Anatoly Mironovich, Bronnikov Sergey Anatolyevich

The aim of the research is to address the gap in the field of justified choice of architectural paradigms by creating a comprehensive methodology for comparative analysis. The scientific novelty lies in proposing a holistic algorithm that integrates three groups of criteria: quantitative, qualitative, and economic. To aggregate heterogeneous data, normalization procedures and an adaptive weighting mechanism based on Thomas Saaty's Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), validated through the consistency index calculation, are introduced. The article details the stages of the methodology – from formulating project requirements and selecting metrics to conducting an integrated assessment and interpreting the results. The main result is a formalized, reproducible procedure that allows transferring the architectural choice from the realm of purely subjective preferences to the sphere of quantitatively justified decision-making. The article is methodological in nature and serves as a basis for subsequent experimental approbation.

Keywords:software architecture, comparative analysis, multi-criteria assessment, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), cost analysis, prototyping, microservices, monolith