Model Based Software Engineering (MBSE) consists in applying Model-Based Engineering
principles-mostly abstraction and automation-to software engineering practices. As …

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is becoming the de facto standard for software
analysis and design modeling. However, there is still significant resistance to model-driven …

The Unified Modelling Language (UML) is being widely accepted as a modelling notation for
visualizing software systems during design and development. UML has thus become part of …

Software modelling is a challenging and error-prone task. Existing Model-Driven
Engineering (MDE) tools provide modellers with little aid, partly because tool providers have …

We attempt to validate the conceptual framework “Physics of Notation”(PoN) as a means for
analysing visual languages by applying it to UML Use Case Diagrams. We discover that the …

Framework-specific modeling languages (FSMLs) help developers build applications based
on object-oriented frameworks. FSMLs model abstractions and rules of application …

This paper explores Donald Schön's concept of design as a conversation with materials, in
the context of designing digital systems. It proposes material utterance as a central event in …

Information systems can be visualized with many tools. Typically these tools present
functional artifacts from various phases of the development life-cycle; these include …

Context The intensive use of models is a cornerstone of the Model-Driven Engineering
(MDE) paradigm and its claimed gains in productivity. However, in order to maximize these …

Background: Despite having several advantages, software modelling remains unpopular for
developers. Similarly, university students do not see the benefits of software modelling in the …