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To our knowledge, no current software development methodology explicitly describes how to transit from the analysis model to the software architecture of the application. This paper presents a method to derive the software architecture of a system from its analysis model. To do this, we are going to use MDA. Both the analysis model and the architectural model are PIMs described with UML 2. The model type mapping designed consists of several rules (expressed using OCL and natural language) that, when applied to the analysis artifacts, generate the software architecture of the application. Specifically the rules act on elements of the UML 2 metamodel (metamodel mapping). We have developed a tool (using Smalltalk) that permits the automatic application of these rules to an analysis model defined in RoseTM to generate the application architecture expressed in the architectural style C2.
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Pérez-Martínez, J.E., Sierra-Alonso, A. (2006). From Analysis Model to Software Architecture: A PIM2PIM Mapping. In: Rensink, A., Warmer, J. (eds) Model Driven Architecture – Foundations and Applications. ECMDA-FA 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4066. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11787044_3
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