Application of model driven engineering in cloud computing

Abstract

Cloud computing is a modern paradigm that significantly reduces development, deployment and maintenance cost of software systems. Model Driven Engineering (MDE) is system development approach and considered to be highly supportive for cloud computing due to its proven reusability and portability features. This article comprehensively investigates the application of MDE in cloud computing. To achieve this, Systematic Literature Review (SLR) has been carried out to select and analyze 25 research works published during 2009-2016. Consequently, 16, 2 and 5 research works are identified pertaining to Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) layers respectively. Moreover, 9 MDE-based cloud computing tools are presented. Furthermore, 4 MDE approaches are identified to develop customized abstract models in cloud computing. It is concluded that MDE approaches are mostly applied on SaaS layer applications. Furthermore, it is also analyzed that MDE approaches are highly supportive and suitable for cloud computing.