Executable Domain-Specific Modeling Languages (xDSMLs) are typically defined by
metamodels that specify their abstract syntax, and model interpreters or compilers that …

Today, PHP is one of the most popular programming languages, and is commonly used in
the open source community and in industry to build large application frameworks and web …

To facilitate experimentation with creating new, complex refactorings, we want to reuse
existing transformation and analysis code as orchestrated parts of a larger refactoring: ie, to …

The problem of software language extension and composition drives much of the research
in Software Language Engineering (SLE). Although various solutions have already been …

Markup languages are well-suited for typesetting of structured documents. By separating
content from presentation, they are more automatable and flexible than their visual …

The ADS-B—automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast—technology requires aircraft to
broadcast their position and velocity periodically. As compared to legacy radar technologies …

Software maintenance consumes an increasing proportion of industrial software
engineering budgets. Over time the technical debt grows, until it becomes unavoidable to …

Critical decisions among design altern seventh atives with regards to maintainability arise
early in the software design cycle. Existing comparison models relayed on the structural …

When one chooses a main axis of structural decompostion for a software, such as function-
or data-oriented decompositions, the other axes become secondary, which can be harmful …

Rascal is a meta programming language focused on the implementation of domain-specific
languages and on the rapid construction of tools for software analysis and software …