Authors:
Francisco de la Parra
1
and
Thomas Dean
2
Affiliations:
1
Queen’s University, Canada
;
2
Queen's University, Canada
Keyword(s):
Graph Grammars, Graph Rewriting, Model Transformations, Domain Analysis, Model-Driven Engineering.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Languages, Tools and Architectures
;
MetaModeling
;
Model Transformation
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Models
;
Paradigm Trends
;
Software Engineering
;
Syntax and Semantics of Modeling Languages
Abstract:
Model-based software development has become a mainstream approach for efficiently producing designs, test suites and program code. In this context, model-to-model transformations have become first-class entities and their classification, formalization and implementation are the subject of ongoing research. This work surveys the characteristics and properties of graph rewriting systems and their application to formalize and implement transformations of language-based software models. A model’s structure or behaviour can be abstracted into
the definition of a given graph type. Its structural and behavioural changes can be represented by rule-based transformation of graphs.