Quality of Conceptual Models in Model Driven Software Engineering

2017 ◽  
pp. 185-198
Author(s):  
John Krogstie
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Model Driven

Model-Driven Engineering, Services and Interactive Real-Time Applications

2014 ◽  
pp. 178-202
Author(s):  
Luis Costa ◽  
Neil Loughran ◽  
Roy Grønmo
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Model Driven Engineering ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Real Time Applications ◽  
High Level

Model-driven software engineering (MDE) has the basic assumption that the development of software systems from high-level abstractions along with the generation of low-level implementation code can improve the quality of the systems and at the same time reduce costs and improve time to market. This chapter provides an overview of MDE, state of the art approaches, standards, resources, and tools that support different aspects of model-driven software engineering: language development, modeling services, and real-time applications. The chapter concludes with a reflection over the main challenges faced by projects using the current MDE technologies, pointing out some promising directions for future developments.

scholarly journals Content Based Model Transformations: Solutions to Existing Issues with Application in Information Security

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Justinas Janulevicius ◽  
Simona Ramanauskaite ◽  
Nikolaj Goranin ◽  
Antanas Cenys
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Model Transformation ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Model Driven Engineering ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Production Models ◽  
Dependent Model ◽  
The Cost

Model-Driven Engineering uses models in various stages of the software engineering. To reduce the cost of modelling and production, models are reused by transforming. Therefore the accuracy of model transformations plays a key role in ensuring the quality of the process. However, problems exist when trying to transform a very abstract and content dependent model. This paper describes the issues arising from such transformations. Solutions to solve problems in content based model transformation are proposed as well. The usage of proposed solutions allowing realization of semi-automatic transformations was integrated into a tool, designed for OPC/XML drawing file transformations to CySeMoL models. The accuracy of transformations in this tool has been analyzed and presented in this paper to acquire data on the proposed solutions influence to the accuracy in content based model transformation.

Building Semantic Web Portals with a Model- Driven Design Approach

2011 ◽  
pp. 541-570
Author(s):  
Marco Brambilla ◽  
Federico M. Facca
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Good Design ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Software Artifacts ◽  
Design Requirements

This chapter presents an extension to Web application conceptual models toward Semantic Web. Conceptual models and model-driven methodologies are widely applied to the development of Web applications because of the advantages they grant in terms of productivity and quality of the outcome. Although some of these approaches are meant to address Semantic Web applications too, they do not fully exploit the whole potential deriving from interaction with ontological data sources and from semantic annotations. The authors claim that Semantic Web applications represent an emerging category of software artifacts, with peculiar characteristics and software structures, and hence need some specific methods and primitives for achieving good design results. In particular the contribution presented in this chapter is an extension of the WebML modeling framework that fulfils most of the design requirements emerging in the new area of Semantic Web. The authors generalize the development process to cover Semantic Web needs and devise a set of new primitives for ontology importing and querying. The chapter also presents a comparison of the proposed approach with the most relevant existing proposals and positioned with respect to the background and adopted technologies.

Model-Driven Engineering, Services and Interactive Real-Time Applications

2011 ◽  
pp. 16-40
Author(s):  
Luis Costa ◽  
Neil Loughran ◽  
Roy Grønmo
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Model Driven Engineering ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Real Time Applications ◽  
High Level

Model-driven software engineering (MDE) has the basic assumption that the development of software systems from high-level abstractions along with the generation of low-level implementation code can improve the quality of the systems and at the same time reduce costs and improve time to market. This chapter provides an overview of MDE, state of the art approaches, standards, resources, and tools that support different aspects of model-driven software engineering: language development, modeling services, and real-time applications. The chapter concludes with a reflection over the main challenges faced by projects using the current MDE technologies, pointing out some promising directions for future developments.

Building Semantic Web Portals with a Model-Driven Design Approach

2009 ◽  
pp. 46-106
Author(s):  
Marco Brambilla ◽  
Federico M. Facca
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Good Design ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Software Artifacts ◽  
Design Requirements

This chapter presents an extension to Web application conceptual models toward Semantic Web. Conceptual models and model-driven methodologies are widely applied to the development of Web applications because of the advantages they grant in terms of productivity and quality of the outcome. Although some of these approaches are meant to address Semantic Web applications too, they do not fully exploit the whole potential deriving from interaction with ontological data sources and from semantic annotations. The authors claim that Semantic Web applications represent an emerging category of software artifacts, with peculiar characteristics and software structures, and hence need some specific methods and primitives for achieving good design results. In particular the contribution presented in this chapter is an extension of the WebML modeling framework that fulfils most of the design requirements emerging in the new area of Semantic Web. The authors generalize the development process to cover Semantic Web needs and devise a set of new primitives for ontology importing and querying. The chapter also presents a comparison of the proposed approach with the most relevant existing proposals and positioned with respect to the background and adopted technologies.

scholarly journals A Quality Model for Conceptual Models of MDD Environments

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Marín ◽  
Giovanni Giachetti ◽  
Oscar Pastor ◽  
Alain Abran
Keyword(s):  
Defect Detection ◽  
Code Generation ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Detection Of Defects

In Model-Driven Development (MDD) processes, models are key artifacts that are used as input for code generation. Therefore, it is very important to evaluate the quality of these input models in order to obtain high-quality software products. The detection of defects is a promising technique to evaluate software quality, which is emerging as a suitable alternative for MDD processes. The detection of defects in conceptual models is usually manually performed. However, since current MDD standards and technologies allow both the specification of metamodels to represent conceptual models and the implementation of model transformations to automate the generation of final software products, it is possible to automate defect detection from the defined conceptual models. This paper presents a quality model that not only encapsulates defect types that are related to conceptual models but also takes advantage of current standards in order to automate defect detection in MDD environments.

The Role of Nonmonotonic Representations in Requirements Engineering

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (03) ◽  
pp. 385-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grigoris Antoniou
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Knowledge Representation ◽  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Nonmonotonic Reasoning ◽  
Default Reasoning ◽  
Requirements Prioritization ◽  
Evolving System ◽  
System Requirements

This paper discusses the significance of nonmonotonic reasoning, a method from the knowledge representation area, to mainstream software engineering. In particular, we discuss why the use of defaults in specifications is an adequate way of addressing some of the most important problems in requirements engineering, such as: The problem of identifying and dealing with inconsistencies; evolving system requirements; requirements prioritization; and the quality of specifications with respect to naturalness and compactness. We argue that these problems need to be addressed in a principled, formal way, and that default reasoning provides adequate mechanisms to deal with them.

Philosophy Applying in Information Engineering

2011 ◽  
Vol 403-408 ◽  
pp. 2127-2130
Author(s):  
Chun Yan Liu ◽  
Zhu Lin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Convergence Theory ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
Information Engineering ◽  
Field Information

With the computer software and technology continuously improving, because of various factors influencing, computer engineers are very tough on how to improve the quality of software products, this is a bottleneck problem we must solve. We think that the information engineering combining with the philosophy thought would make engineer’s ideas suddenly enlightened. We find a method and model to solve software engineering problems from the philosophical Angle, and put forward the importance of information philosophy in the study of information engineering by standing at this altitude of the information engineering. As a new field, information philosophy provides a unified, convergence theory frame, it can satisfy the requirement of further specialized. Information philosophy will become most exciting and productive philosophy research field in our era's.

scholarly journals Model-driven geospatial web service composition

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-6 ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
W. Du ◽  
H. Fan ◽  
J. Li ◽  
H. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Web Service ◽  
Service Composition ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Web Service Composition ◽  
Dynamic Binding ◽  
Service Chain ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Geospatial Web Service

A lot of work has been done on the geospatial service composition to support advanced processing, spatial calculation, and invoking of heterogeneous data. However, the quality of service chain is rarely considered and the process model cannot be reused. A modeldriven way of geospatial web service composition is proposed in this work, the service composition is treated as an optimization problem by <i>GwcsFlow</i> model and dynamic binding mechanism. The case of facility location analysis is provided to demonstrate the improvements in geospatial service composition through optimization algorithms.

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