Extracting relations among embedded software design patterns

Pattern is a reusable description of knowledge. Efficient software development can be achieved by sharing and reusing knowledge using patterns and their relations. Because the manual analysis of relations among patterns is costly, we proposed an automatic relation analysis technique for software patterns. Knowledge management in embedded software design has fallen behind. However, in these days, some patterns in embedded software design have become available on the World Wide Web (WWW) and other resources.The purpose of this paper is to obtain some useful relations among embedded software design patterns and GoF's design patterns. Our technique will be useful for the automated relation analysis among patterns. As a result of experiments, some relations among different pattern catalogs (e.g., GoF's design pattern catalog and real-time system design pattern catalog) are extracted. These relations are thought to be useful in software development.