Abstract Model merging conflicts occur when different stakeholders aim to integrate their
contradicting changes that are applied concurrently to update software models. We conduct …

Gamification has been adopted in software development tasks in recent years. This adoption
seeks, for example, to improve the engagement of developers while creating UML models or …

Ensuring RPA (robotic process automation) security is a critical aspect when developing and
operating automated software robots. One of the key steps for developing secure software …

In the current Industry 4.0 era, automated production systems (aPS) comprising of multi‐
disciplinary artefacts all closely interwoven are required to adapt to various and varying …

In large software development projects there is always a need for refactoring and
optimization of the design. Usually software designs are represented using UML diagrams …

Feature model integration is pivotal in software development, particularly in evolving
software product lines through new feature accommodations. Despite its significance, the …

Safety analysis is an essential way to ensure the safe operation of high-speed railway train
control systems. It is of significance to design special modeling language and modeling …

Abstract System design is recognized as one of the most critical components of a software
system that bridges system requirements and coding. System design also has a significant …

Many approaches related to decomposing monolithic applications have been proposed in
recent studies. However, such studies are not sensitive to the decomposition of Monolithic …

The integration of feature models plays a key role in many software development tasks, such
as the evolution of software product lines by adding new features. However, little is known …