%0 Journal Article %A WANG Lei %A WANG Zhi-guang %T Survey on Research of Automatic Design Pattern Detection %D 2018 %R 10.13190/j.jbupt.2018-034 %J Journal of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications %P 119-124 %V 41 %N 4 %X The development history of the field of automatic design pattern detection was briefly introduced; the research of this field was respectively reviewed from four major categories of approaches:graph theory-based, formal technologies-based, software metrics-based and artificial intelligence-based design pattern detection; the four major categories of approaches are compared through 3 indexes:applicable pattern type(s), time performance and possibility of fully automated; finally the problems and shortcomings of the current research were analyzed, and the future research directions were pointed out. This paper analyzes and discusses the applicable pattern type(s), the advantages/disadvantages and the inner connections of the various approaches, and expounds the research progress of this field from the macro level. %U https://journal.bupt.edu.cn/EN/10.13190/j.jbupt.2018-034