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Automating Support for Software Evolution in UML

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Disciplined support for evolution of software artifacts is important in all phases of the software life-cycle. In order to achieve this support, a uniform underlying foundation for software evolution is necessary. While, in the past, reuse contracts have been proposed as such a formalism in a number of different domains, this paper generalises the formalism, and integrates it into the UML metamodel. As such, support for evolution becomes readily available for many kinds of UML models, ranging from requirements to the implementation phase.

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  1. Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2—, 1050, Brussel, Belgium

    Tom Mens

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Mens, T., D'Hondt, T. Automating Support for Software Evolution in UML. Automated Software Engineering 7, 39–59 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008765200695

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