MATHS VS (META)MODELLING - Are we Reinventing the Wheel?

D. H. Akehurst, W. G. J. Howells, B. Bordbar, K. D. McDonald-Maier

2008

Abstract

In the past, specification of languages and data structures has traditionally been formally achieved using mathematical notations. This is very precise and unambiguous, however it does not map easily to modern programming languages and many engineers are put off by mathematical notation. Recent developments in graphical specification of structures, drawing from Object-Oriented programming languages, has lead to the development of Class Diagrams as a well-used means to define data structures. We show in this paper that there are strong parallels between the two techniques, but that also there are some surprising differences!

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H. Akehurst D., G. J. Howells W., Bordbar B. and D. McDonald-Maier K. (2008). MATHS VS (META)MODELLING - Are we Reinventing the Wheel? . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-52-4, pages 313-322. DOI: 10.5220/0001897403130322


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@conference{muse08,
author={D. H. Akehurst and W. G. J. Howells and B. Bordbar and K. D. McDonald-Maier},
title={MATHS VS (META)MODELLING - Are we Reinventing the Wheel?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={313-322},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001897403130322},
isbn={978-989-8111-52-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2008)
TI - MATHS VS (META)MODELLING - Are we Reinventing the Wheel?
SN - 978-989-8111-52-4
AU - H. Akehurst D.
AU - G. J. Howells W.
AU - Bordbar B.
AU - D. McDonald-Maier K.
PY - 2008
SP - 313
EP - 322
DO - 10.5220/0001897403130322