Using Meta-Model Transformation to Model Software Evolution

Tudor Gîrba, Jean-Marie Favre, Stéphane Ducasse
2005 Electronical Notes in Theoretical Computer Science  
Understanding how software systems evolve is useful from different perspectives: reverse engineering, empirical studies etc.. For an effective understanding we need an explicit meta-model. We introduce Hismo, a meta-model which is centered around the notion of history and we show how we can obtain it from a snapshot meta-model. Based on our experience in developing the Hismo reverse engineering system, we show how we can transform a snapshot meta-model in a history metamodel.
doi:10.1016/j.entcs.2005.07.005 fatcat:mnrbxrrrorb5fjiyc6jp5kse7u