Amelioration pattern

In software engineering, an amelioration pattern is an anti-pattern formed when an existing software design pattern was edited (i.e. rearranged, added or deleted) to better suit a particular problem so as to achieve some further effect or behavior. In this sense, an amelioration pattern is transformational in character.

References

• Judy Van Biljon; Paula Kotzé; Karen Renaud; Marilyn McGee; Ahmed Seffah. "The use of anti-patterns in human computer interaction: wise or Ill-advised?". Proceedings of the 2004 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries (SAICSIT '04). 

External links

• Amelioration Pattern at the Portland Pattern Repository