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special issue on model-driven engineering for software architecture submission date: 2023-12-29 in today's society, software systems are of great importance, but their growing complexity has created challenges for their design and operation. software architecture (sa) plays a vital role in the successful development of software systems, as it includes software components, their interactions, and quality attributes. sa facilitates communication, abstraction levels, and enables early software assessment, leading to significant design decisions.model-driven engineering (mde) has revolutionized the software engineering process by focusing on models as the primary entities throughout the software development life cycle. with the help of software programs known as model transformations, software engineers can automate almost all tasks of software development, resulting in greater efficiency, accuracy, and agility.
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recent studies have explored the integration of sa and mde, suggesting the use of metamodels and modeling languages to represent software architectures formally. this approach allows for early analysis and simulation of sas using model transformations. the synergy between sa and mde presents far-reaching implications, including tool reusability for manipulating (meta)models in the context of sas, and enhancing software development and engineering practices.
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the purpose of this special issue is to showcase and explore novel approaches that address both current and forthcoming obstacles in the interrelationship between sas and mde.
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topics of interest are, but are not limited to:
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- model-driven techniques and methodologies for designing sa;- architectural description of sa design, considering logical and physical aspects through mde;- model-driven approaches for defining and measuring quality-of-service (qos) in sas;- analysis of architectural designs and architectural patterns;- approaches for migrating legacy architecture towards microservice architectures, server-less employing mde techniques;- industrial practices and tools supporting the adoption of mde into sa;- methodologies adopted in industrial contexts;- model repositories for sa;- code generation from sa models and transformation approaches;- change propagation in sa views and consistency management;- evolution of sa through modeling;- empirical studies on sa and mde areas.
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surveys, (systematic) literature reviews, mapping studies or other approaches which are not related to artifact presentation and evaluation are out of the scope of the special issue and will be desk-rejected.
