Assessing conformance of pattern-based design in UML
Jaeyong Park, David C. Rine, Elizabeth L. White · 2008
A design pattern is a generic solution to a recurring problem in a given design context [1]. The use of design patterns has many known benefits to the design process. However, since it is the task of a human to instantiate patterns within designs, it is important to assess whether or not this has been done correctly. This assessment is difficult because the conformance checking requires knowledge of design patterns in detail.