Software design patterns describe proven solutions to recurring software design problems. Knowledge of these patterns increases designers’ abilities, leads to cleaner and more e...
Prior research attempts to formalize the structure of object-oriented design patterns for a more precise specification of design patterns. It also allows automation support to be ...
In order to retrieve, select and apply design patterns in a tool-supported way, we suggest to construct and document a problemcontext pattern that reflects the essence of the prob...
The rapid evolution of Design Patterns has hampered the benefits gained from using Design Patterns. The increase in the number of Design Patterns makes a common vocabulary unmanag...
Abstract. This paper proposes an extension of the UML 2.0 profiling mechanism. This extension facilitates a language designer to introduce composite concepts as separate conceptual...
Dick A. C. Quartel, Remco M. Dijkman, Marten van S...