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An Automated Approach for Architectural Model Transformations

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Software architectures are frequently represented as large models where many competing quality attributes have to be taken into account. In this context, there may be a large number of possible alternative architectural transformations that the architecture designer has to deal with. The complexity and dimensions of the solution space make that finding the most appropriate architecture considering several quality attributes is a challenging and time-consuming task. In this paper, we present a model transformation framework designed to automate the selection and composition of competing architectural model transformations. We also introduce a case study showing that this framework is useful for rapid prototyping through model transformations.

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    Some authors use different names, remarkably “quality attribute requirement” or “quality requirement” as a synonymous of NFR.

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Acknowledgments

This research work is partially funded by the “Chaire Ingénierie des Systèmes Complexes” and by the MULTIPLE project (MICINN TIN2009-13838).

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  1. Institute Telecom, TELECOM ParisTech, LTCI—UMR 514, 46, rue Barrault, 75013, Paris, France

    Grzegorz Loniewsli & Etienne Borde

  2. Lab-STICC, Universite de Bretagne-Sud, Centre de Recherche, BP 92116, 56321, Lorient Cedex, France

    Dominique Blouin

  3. Department of Computer Science and Computation, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    Emilio Insfran

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  1. Dept of Computer Languages and Systems, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

    María José Escalona

  2. IWT2 Research Group FIDETIA, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

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  3. Monash University, Caaulfield East, Victoria, Australia

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  4. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

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  5. National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

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  6. City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

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Loniewsli, G., Borde, E., Blouin, D., Insfran, E. (2014). An Automated Approach for Architectural Model Transformations. In: José Escalona, M., Aragón, G., Linger, H., Lang, M., Barry, C., Schneider, C. (eds) Information System Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07215-9_24

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