Guest Editorial to the Special Section on MODELS 2007

Abstract

This section of “Software & Systems Modeling” contains four selected papers of the tenth MODELS conference. MODELS 2007 was held in Nashville, TN, USA, from September 30 to October 5, 2007. This conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems has established itself as the key international venue for the presentation of scientific results in the domain of model driven engineering and related topics such as software modeling and model transformation. A total of 45 papers were selected for publication in the conference proceedings from 158 papers submitted for review. The papers presented at the conference covered a wide range of issues from model transformation, meta modeling, model and consistency analysis, service and process modeling, language definition, as well as modeling methods. The program of the conferenceweek comprised three keynote presentations, technical paper presentations, two panels, and several workshops and tutorials on key topics in the field. The invited speakerswereMaryShaw (CarnegieMellonUniversity), Kevin Sullivan (University of Virginia), and Patrick Lardieri (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Lab). After the conclusion of the conference, the program committee was asked to propose a selection of the best papers for publication in a special issue of SoSyM. In the end, 13 papers were proposed, and their authors were invited to submit extended versions of the conference papers to this special section. All submitted papers underwent a full review process, and were evaluated by at least three reviewers, generally including both some of the original PC members and some fresh reviewers. Finally, four papers were selected for