Poor performance is one of the main quality-related shortcomings that cause software
projects to fail. Thus, the need to address performance concerns early during the software …

Context: Managing Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) in software projects is
challenging, and projects that adopt Model-Driven Development (MDD) are no exception …

Runtime adaptability is often a crucial requirement for today's complex software systems.
Several approaches use an architectural model as a runtime representation of a managed …

Abstract Models play a central role in software engineering. They may be used to reason
about requirements, to identify possible missing parts or conflicts. They may be used at …

Performance prediction methods can help software architects to identify potential
performance problems, such as bottlenecks, in their software systems during the design …

CONTEXT: Domain-Specific Visual Languages (DSVLs) play a crucial role in Model-Driven
Engineering (MDE). Most DSVLs already allow the specification of the structure and …

Early, model-based performance predictions help to understand the consequences of
design decisions on the performance of the resulting system before the system's …

Model Driven Development views application development as a continuous transformation
of models of the target system. However, non-functional requirements, which are important …

Event-based communication is used in different domains including telecommunications,
transportation, and business information systems to build scalable distributed systems. Such …

Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is the result of an emergent research area that uses
models as the principal artifact in the engineering processes. This initiative is based on the …