Model Smells In Uml Class Diagrams

Models are the primary artifacts in software development processes following the model-based paradigm. Especially in Model Driven Software Development (MDSD), models become primary artifacts where quality assurance of the overall software product considerably relies on the quality assurance of involved software models. In this report the approach is focused towards the importance of Model Driven Architecture (MDA), Model Driven Engineering (MDE), and Model Driven Development (MDD) in Model Driven Software Development (MDSD).Then focus towards the quality of software models, considering model quality assurance processes that concentrate on the syntactical dimension of model quality, introducing the concept of model smells, using typical quality assurance techniques such as model metrics and antipatterns, a prototype Eclipse plug-in providing specification and detection of smells in models based on the Eclipse Modeling Framework.