In the context of software development, models provide an abstract representation of a
software system or a part of it. In the software development process, they are primarily used …

The term model-driven engineering (MDE) is typically used to describe software
development approaches in which abstract models of software systems are created and …

The internet of things (IoT) attracts great interest in many application domains concerned
with monitoring and control of physical phenomena. However, application development is …

Self-adaptation is emerging as an increasingly important capability for many applications,
particularly those deployed in dynamically changing environments, such as ecosystem …

Where object-oriented languages deal with objects as described by classes, model-driven
development uses models, as graphs of interconnected objects, described by metamodels …

The current Internet-of-things (IoT) hype, pushed by the unprecedented rate of the
technological enablers' innovation, is threatening to leave behind some major, not so …

Systems engineering (SE) is experiencing a significant expansion that encompasses
increasingly complex systems. However, a common body of knowledge on how to apply …

Architecture-based runtime management (ARM) is a promising approach for Internetware
systems. The key enablement of ARM is runtime architecture infrastructure (RAI) that …

Runtime models facilitate the management of running systems in many different ways. One
of the advantages of runtime models is that they enable the use of existing MDE tools at …

Detection and segmentation of rocks is an important first task in many applications such as
geological analysis, planetary science and mining processes. Rocks are usually segmented …