Gamification refers to the exploitation of gaming mechanisms for serious purposes, like
promoting behavioural changes, soliciting participation and engagement in activities, and so …

A large number of variability modeling approaches have been developed including feature
modeling, decision modeling, and Orthogonal Variability Modeling (OVM). Multiple variants …

Multi-level conceptual modeling addresses the representation of subject domains dealing
explicitly with multiple classification levels. Despite the recent advances in multi-level …

Metamodelling has become a crucial technique to handle the complexity issues in the
software development industry. This paper critically reviews and systematically classifies the …

This expert voice paper presents a comprehensive rationale of multi-level modeling. It aims
not only at a systematic assessment of its prospects, but also at encouraging applications of …

Cyber-physical systems are complex systems that require the integration of diverse software,
firmware, and hardware to be practical and useful. This increased complexity is impacting …

Quantum programming languages support the design of quantum applications. However, to
create such programs, one needs to understand the fundamental characteristics of quantum …

Reference architectures (RAs) are successfully used to represent families of concrete
software architectures in several domains such as automotive, banking, and the Internet of …

There is an increasing demand nowadays for low-code development platforms (LCDPs). As
they rely heavily on graphical languages rather than writing code, these platforms enable …

Multi-level modeling aims to reduce redundancy in data models by defining properties at the
right abstraction level and inheriting them to more specific levels. We revisit one of the …