Towards a framework for heterogeneous models matching

Mahmoud El Hamlaoui (1, 2) , Sophie Ebersold (1) , Adil Anwar (3) , Bernard Coulette (1) , Mahmoud Nassar (2)

1 IRIT-MACAO - Modèles, Architectures, Composants, Agilité et prOcessus
2 Laboratoire des Systèmes d'Informations Mobiles et Embarqués - SIME (Rabat, Maroc)
3 Siweb

The overall goal of our approach is to relate models of a given domain that are created by different actors and thus are generally heterogeneous that is, described in different DSL (Domain Specific Languages). Instead of building a single global model, we propose to organize the different source models as a network of models which provides a global view of the system through a virtual global model. The matching of these models is done in a shared model of correspondences. We focus in this study on the elaboration of the model of correspondences, through a transformation called "refine". The approach is illustrated by a representative use case (a Bug Tracking System) and supported by a modeling tool called HMS (Heterogeneous Matching Suite).

Mots clés: Correspondences; Heterogeneity; Point Of View; Domain Specific Language; Consistency

Domaines: Génie logiciel [cs.SE]; Systèmes embarqués; Cryptographie et sécurité [cs.CR]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]; Architectures Matérielles [cs.AR]; Modélisation et simulation

Mahmoud El Hamlaoui, Sophie Ebersold, Adil Anwar, Bernard Coulette, Mahmoud Nassar. Towards a framework for heterogeneous models matching. Journal of Software Engineering, 2014, vol. 8 (n° 3), pp. 132-151. ⟨10.3923/jse.2014.132.151⟩. ⟨hal-01121024⟩