Author:
Matthew Stephan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Miami University, 510 East High Street, Oxford Ohio and U.S.A.
Keyword(s):
Model-Driven Engineering, Modeling for the Cloud, Collaborative Modeling, Collaborative Software Engineering.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Frameworks for Model-Driven Development
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Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
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Model-Driven Software Development
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Modeling for the Cloud
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Software Engineering
Abstract:
Just as in other engineering disciplines, software engineering is well suited to collaboration; Having different perspectives and diverse experiences strengthens engineering projects. Software modeling is a fundamental aspect of software engineering and is becoming increasingly collaborative. Collaborative modeling approaches are maturing and related research is growing significantly. While surveys exist on collaborative modeling tools and research, they are aimed at academics and can be verbose. In this article, we conduct a research survey intended to provide practitioners and researchers an accessible and abstract at-a-glance perspective of emerging trends and directions in collaborative modeling. We complete a systematic literature review, which we crosscheck with existing surveys. To explicate trends in the last five complete years and overall trends, we perform concept extraction and domain analysis by analyzing abstracts. We visualize these trends in word clouds and trend char
ts, and provide insights. We hope this article helps spread awareness of collaborative modeling trends and future directions, and educates practitioners and researchers.
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