Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Experiences and Empirical Studies in Software Modelling

The International Workshop on Experiences and Empirical Studies in Software Modelling (EESSMod) is a satellite event of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS), with professionals and researchers interested in software modelling as intended audience, and with the bjective to 1) build a better understanding of the industrial use of modelling techniques, languages and tools; 2) start building theories about the effectiveness of modelling approaches; 3) identify directions for future research in the field; 4) facilitate and encourage joint research and experimentation in software modelling.The report contains the proceedings of the 2nd edition of the workshop, held in Innsbruck, Oct 2, 2012.

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