Context Reusing a design pattern is not always in the favor of developers. Thus, the code
starts smelling. The presence of “Code Smells” leads to more difficulties for the developers …

In current, typical software development projects, hundreds of developers work
asynchronously in space and time and may introduce anti-patterns in their software systems …

Anti-patterns are poor solutions of recurring design problems, which decrease software
quality. Numerous anti-patterns have been outlined in the literature as violations of various …

UML class diagrams play a central role in modeling activities, and it is essential that class
diagrams keep their high quality all along a product life cycle. Correctness problems in class …

Pattern is one of the most simple and powerful techniques to improve the design, and
consequently enhance the maintainability, reusability, and reverse engineering. Design …

Use Case modeling is a popular technique for documenting functional requirements of
software systems. Refactoring is the process of enhancing the structure of a software artifact …

Software refactoring is the process of changing a software system in a manner that does not
alter its external behavior and yet improving its internal structure. Model-driven architecture …

Recent research on Software Architecture has recovered its original emphasis on keeping
track of design decisions and their rationales during software development, compiling them …

The introduction of UML models in the software life cycle poses new issues and challenges
that are not adequately supported by current state-of-the-art development tools, especially …

Abstract The success of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) relies on the quality of the
employed models. Thus, quality assurance through validation and verification has a tradition …