The last few years have witnessed a significant growth of so-called low-code development
platforms (LCDPs) both in gaining traction on the market and attracting interest from …

Context: Software quality estimation is a challenging and time-consuming activity, and
models are crucial to face the complexity of such activity on modern software applications. In …

Software model optimization is the task of automatically generate design alternatives,
usually to improve quality aspects of software that are quantifiable, like performance and …

Software quality estimation is a challenging and time-consuming activity, and models are
crucial to face the complexity of such activity on modern software applications. One main …

Design defects affect project quality and hinder development and maintenance.
Consequently, experts need to minimize these defects in software systems. A promising …

The training of creative computer professionals is considered a strategic process in different
countries because it is essential for the computerization of society. This paper proposes an …

Evolution is one of the most important parts of the software development process. One of the
negative consequences of software development is design erosion. Refactoring is a …

Software architecture optimization aims to enhance non-functional attributes like
performance and reliability while meeting functional requirements. Multi-objective …

The satisfaction of ever more stringent performance requirements is one of the main reasons
for software evolution. However, determining the primary causes of performance …

In model-based systems engineering, system architectures often have to make compromises
to meet hard constraints of functional and extra-functional requirements while optimizing for …