Abstract
Traditional techniques of model-driven development usually concern with the production of non-executable models. These models are usually manipulated at design-time by means of fixed model transformations. However, in some situations, models need to be transformed at runtime. Moreover, the transformations handling these models could be provided with a dynamic behavior enabling the adaptation to the current execution context and requirements. In this vein, this paper defines a transformation pattern designed for flexible model transformation that can be dynamically composed by selecting the appropriate transformation rules from a rule repository, which is also represented by a model. The rules in the repository are updated at each step of adaptation to improve later rule selection. We chose the domain of user interfaces, specified as component-based architectural models, as our case study.
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Rodríguez-Gracia, D., Criado, J., Iribarne, L., Padilla, N., Vicente-Chicote, C. (2012). Runtime Adaptation of Architectural Models: An Approach for Adapting User Interfaces. In: Abelló, A., Bellatreche, L., Benatallah, B. (eds) Model and Data Engineering. MEDI 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7602. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33609-6_4
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