Recommendations for Impact Analysis of Model Transformations - From the Requirements Model to the Platform-independent Model

Dmitri Valeri Panfilenko, Andreas Emrich, Christian Meyer, Peter Loos

2014

Abstract

Model transformations are the core component of MDA. They make it possible to transform models between different levels of abstraction, which allows the implicit in-built knowledge to be passed on from domain experts to the IT professionals. What is not considered by the OMG, are the consequences that changes at each level cause to the other MDA levels, which could be estimated through impact analysis techniques. For example, if the course of a procurement process in a company is to be changed, this would be performed by the proper experts at the technical level. However, it is difficult at this time to estimate the resulting changes at the following adjacent levels. This shortcoming needs to be addressed and proper recommendation support for the impact analysis of model transformations has to be elaborated.

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Valeri Panfilenko D., Emrich A., Meyer C. and Loos P. (2014). Recommendations for Impact Analysis of Model Transformations - From the Requirements Model to the Platform-independent Model . In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-028-4, pages 428-434. DOI: 10.5220/0004971604280434


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@conference{iceis14,
author={Dmitri Valeri Panfilenko and Andreas Emrich and Christian Meyer and Peter Loos},
title={Recommendations for Impact Analysis of Model Transformations - From the Requirements Model to the Platform-independent Model},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2014},
pages={428-434},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004971604280434},
isbn={978-989-758-028-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - Recommendations for Impact Analysis of Model Transformations - From the Requirements Model to the Platform-independent Model
SN - 978-989-758-028-4
AU - Valeri Panfilenko D.
AU - Emrich A.
AU - Meyer C.
AU - Loos P.
PY - 2014
SP - 428
EP - 434
DO - 10.5220/0004971604280434