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Model transformation design patterns have been proposed by a number of authors, but their usage appears to be sporadic and sometimes patterns are applied without recognition of the pattern. In this paper we provide a literature review of transformation design pattern applications, with regard to their effectiveness and range of use, and consider how pattern usage can be made more effective.
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Lano, K., Kolahdouz-Rahimi, S., Yassipour-Tehrani, S., Sharbaf, M. (2017). A Survey of Model Transformation Design Pattern Usage. In: Guerra, E., van den Brand, M. (eds) Theory and Practice of Model Transformation. ICMT 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10374. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61473-1_8
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