Precise modeling is essential to the success of the OMG’s Model Driven Architecture initiative. At the modeling level (M1) OCL allows for the precision needed to write executable...
Analysis and design by contract allows the definition of a formal agreement between a class and its clients, expressing each party’s rights and obligations. Contracts written in ...
Wojciech J. Dzidek, Lionel C. Briand, Yvan Labiche
This paper summarizes an approach to support evolution of software models by means of a transformation catalogue. These transformations treat UML class diagram models, OCL constrai...
The heterogeneity of architectural constraint languages makes difficult the transformation of architectural constraints throughout the development process. Indeed they have signiï...
Abstract. One of the most critical problems in software maintenance and evolution is propagating changes. Although many approaches have been proposed, automated change propagation ...