Feature-based survey of model transformation approaches

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 621-645

  Czarnecki, Krzysztof ^a   Helsen, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

META-OBJECT FACILITY; MODEL TRANSFORMATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748289548     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: 00188670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.453.0621     Document Type: Article

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