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A classification and rationalization of model-based software development

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The use of model-based software development is increasingly popular due to recent advancements in modeling technology. Numerous approaches exist; this paper seeks to organize and characterize them. In particular, important terminological confusion, challenges, and recurring techniques of model-based software development are identified and rationalized. New perspectives are provided on some fundamental issues, such as the distinctions between model-driven development and architecture-centric development, code generation, and metamodeling. On the basis of this discussion, we opine that architecture-centric development and domain-specific model-driven development are the two most promising branches of model-based software development. Achieving a positive future will require, however, specific advances in software modeling, code generation, and model-code consistency management.

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This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grants CCF-0917129 and CCF-0820222.

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Zheng, Y., Taylor, R.N. A classification and rationalization of model-based software development. Softw Syst Model 12, 669–678 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-013-0355-3

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