DOMAIN-SPECIFIC MODELLING WITH ATOM

Hans Vangheluwe, Ximeng Sun, Eric Bodden

2007

Abstract

Using domain-specific modelling environments maximally constrains users, matching their mental model of the problem domain, and allows them to only build syntactically correct models. Anecdotal evidence shows that domain-specific modelling can drastically improve productivity as well as product quality. In this paper, the foundations of (domain-specific) modelling language design are presented. Our guiding principle is to “model everything”. It is indeed shown how all aspects of language design can be explicitly (meta-)modelled enabling the efficient synthesis of domain-specific, visual, modelling environments. The case of AToM3 , A Tool for Multi-formalism and Meta Modelling, is elaborated. Concepts are illustrated by modelling, analysis, simulation, and eventual synthesis of software for Traffic networks.

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Vangheluwe H., Sun X. and Bodden E. (2007). DOMAIN-SPECIFIC MODELLING WITH ATOM . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007) ISBN 978-989-8111-05-0, pages 305-314. DOI: 10.5220/0001346903050314


in Bibtex Style

@conference{muse07,
author={Hans Vangheluwe and Ximeng Sun and Eric Bodden},
title={DOMAIN-SPECIFIC MODELLING WITH ATOM},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={305-314},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001346903050314},
isbn={978-989-8111-05-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007)
TI - DOMAIN-SPECIFIC MODELLING WITH ATOM
SN - 978-989-8111-05-0
AU - Vangheluwe H.
AU - Sun X.
AU - Bodden E.
PY - 2007
SP - 305
EP - 314
DO - 10.5220/0001346903050314