Systematic Mapping Study of Model Transformations for Concrete Problems

Edouard Batot, Houari Sahraoui, Eugene Syriani, Paul Molins, Wael Sboui

2016

Abstract

As a contribution to the adoption of the Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) paradigm, the research community has proposed concrete model transformation solutions for the MDE infrastructure and for domain-specific problems. However, as the adoption increases and with the advent of the new initiatives for the creation of repositories, it is legitimate to question whether proposals for concrete transformation problems can be still considered as research contributions or if they respond to a practical/technical work. In this paper, we report on a systematic mapping study that aims at understanding the trends and characteristics of concrete model transformations published in the past decade. Our study shows that the number of papers with, as main contribution, a concrete transformation solution, is not as high as expected. This number increased to reach a peak in 2010 and is decreasing since then. Our results also include a characterization and an analysis of the published proposals following a rigorous classification scheme.

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Batot E., Sahraoui H., Syriani E., Molins P. and Sboui W. (2016). Systematic Mapping Study of Model Transformations for Concrete Problems . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-168-7, pages 176-183. DOI: 10.5220/0005657301760183


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@conference{modelsward16,
author={Edouard Batot and Houari Sahraoui and Eugene Syriani and Paul Molins and Wael Sboui},
title={Systematic Mapping Study of Model Transformations for Concrete Problems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2016},
pages={176-183},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005657301760183},
isbn={978-989-758-168-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - Systematic Mapping Study of Model Transformations for Concrete Problems
SN - 978-989-758-168-7
AU - Batot E.
AU - Sahraoui H.
AU - Syriani E.
AU - Molins P.
AU - Sboui W.
PY - 2016
SP - 176
EP - 183
DO - 10.5220/0005657301760183