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In general, software artifacts and applications are subject to many kinds of changes, which range from technical changes due to rapidly evolving technology platforms, to modifications in the applications themselves due to the natural evolution of the businesses supported by those software applications. These modifications include changes at all levels, from requirements through architecture and design, to source code, documentation and test suites. They typically affect various kinds of models including data models, behavioral models, domain models, source code models or goal models. Coping with and managing the changes that accompany the evolution of software assets is therefore an essential aspect of Software Engineering as a discipline.
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Deridder, D., Pierantonio, A., Schätz, B., Tamzalit, D. (2011). Models and Evolution - ME2010. In: Dingel, J., Solberg, A. (eds) Models in Software Engineering. MODELS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6627. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21210-9_17
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