CloudTL: A New Transformation Language based on Big Data Tools and the Cloud

Jesús M. Perera Aracil, Diego Sevilla Ruiz

2017

Abstract

Model Driven Engineering (MDE) faces new challenges as models increase in size. These so called Very Large Models (VLMs) introduce new challenges, as their size and complexity cause transformation languages to have long execution times or even not being able to handle them due to memory issues. A new approach should be proposed to solve these challenges, such as automatic parallelization or making use of big data technologies, all of which should be transparent to the transformation developer. In this paper we present CloudTL, a new transformation language whose engine is based on big data tools to deal with VLMs in an efficient and scalable way, benchmarking it against the de facto standard, ATL.

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Perera Aracil J. and Sevilla Ruiz D. (2017). CloudTL: A New Transformation Language based on Big Data Tools and the Cloud . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-210-3, pages 137-146. DOI: 10.5220/0006203101370146


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@conference{modelsward17,
author={Jesús M. Perera Aracil and Diego Sevilla Ruiz},
title={CloudTL: A New Transformation Language based on Big Data Tools and the Cloud},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2017},
pages={137-146},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006203101370146},
isbn={978-989-758-210-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - CloudTL: A New Transformation Language based on Big Data Tools and the Cloud
SN - 978-989-758-210-3
AU - Perera Aracil J.
AU - Sevilla Ruiz D.
PY - 2017
SP - 137
EP - 146
DO - 10.5220/0006203101370146