Model-driven-development-based stepwise software development process for wireless sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 675-687

  Tei, Kenji ^a   Shimizu, Ryo ^b   Fukazawa, Yoshiaki ^b   Honiden, Shinichi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Domain specific languages (DSLs); model driven development (MDD); software development process; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CASE-STUDIES; DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES; MODEL TRANSFORMATION; MODEL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; STEPWISE REFINEMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84925067643     PISSN: 21682216     EISSN: 21682232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2014.2360506     Document Type: Article

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