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One of the main goals of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is the manipulation of models as software artifacts. Model execution is in particular a means to substitute models for code. Precisely, if models of a dedicated Domain-Specific Modeling Language (DSML) are interpreted through an execution engine, then this DSML is called interpreted-DSML (i-DSML for short). The possibility of extending i-DSML to adapt models directly during their execution, allows the building of adaptable i-DSML. In this article, we demonstrate that specializing adaptable i-DSML leads to the potential definition of accurate adaptation policies. Domain-specificities are the key factors to identify adaptations that really make sense. In effect, we introduce the concept of family as a mean to encapsulate adaptation operations that are attached to a particular domain. Families can be specialized with the special purpose of defining a hierarchy of adaptation contexts.
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Pierre, S., Cariou, E., Le Goaer, O., Barbier, F. (2014). A Family-Based Framework for i-DSML Adaptation. In: Cabot, J., Rubin, J. (eds) Modelling Foundations and Applications. ECMFA 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8569. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09195-2_11
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