Design patterns embody proven solutions to recurring design problems. Ever since the gang of four popularized the concept, researchers have been trying to develop methods for repre...
Executable UML allows precisely describing the softtem at a higher level of abstraction. It bridges the semantics gap between the UML design models and the implementation. The exe...
Architectural patterns are a fundamental aspect of the architecting process and subsequently the architectural documentation. Unfortunately, there is only poor support for modelin...
A design pattern is realized in various forms depending on the context of the applications. There has been intensive research on detecting pattern instances in models and in implem...
Abstract: A mass market in reusable components demands a high level of component quality, testing being a crucial part of software quality assurance. For components modelled in UML...
Simon Pickin, Claude Jard, Thierry Heuillard, Jean...