On the Integration of Stable Analysis Patterns with Traditional Patterns

In analysis phase, conceptual models are developed to understand and communicate the core knowledge of the problem. Patterns have emerged as a promising technique for software reuse. Patterns that represent conceptual models are called analysis patterns. Analysis patterns can be reused to understand similar and related problems. Real-life problems may require the integration of several analysis patterns. However, a fundamental limitation in analysis patterns today is the lack of structure consistency, i.e. different analysis patterns have different structures. Such inconsistency may hinder the integration of analysis patterns, and hence, it limits the reuse space of patterns. In previous work [9], we have formally defined the general problem of integrating analysis patterns. In this paper, we focus on the particular problem of integrating stable analysis patterns with traditional patterns. We refer to this problem as the S-T Integration Problem. We define the problem and propose an approach to solve it. We demonstrate the proposed approach through two case studies.