A problem-oriented and rule-based component repository

Semantic component networking: Toward the synergy of static reuse and dynamic clustering of resources in the knowledge grid

“…At the second stage, the system RMMBS was upgraded to the system PROMBS (Zhuge, 2000), which can provide a problem-oriented high-level description language POL for users to describe the solutions to problems with the support of the repository components. A translator mechanism is responsible for translating the solution description into the modelbased programs, where the specification-level models are mapped into the implementation-level models (coded in 3GL) during the translation process.…”

Flexible retrieval of Web Services

“…Steps 1-5 can be accomplished by either the designers of the Service Grid or the assistant tool. Further more, a set of reuse-association rules has been established for the flexible Web Service retrieval, which are similar to the model inheritance rules proposed in (Zhuge, 2000) and can be used for the heuristic retrieval (Cilia and Buchmann, 2000). These rules include the following types: WS 3 , where c 2 fP ; E; Rg.…”

An inexact model matching approach and its applications

“…The proposed similar matching theory has been applied to a problem-oriented model repository system PROMBS (Zhuge, 2000). The system is developed for improving the existing FORTRAN-based mathematical software library (e.g., IMSL Math/Library) in three aspects: (1) provide an inexact query mechanism for users (especially beginners) in the scientific computing field to flexibly retrieve model resources (may be coded in different languages); (2) establish a kind of similar relationship in the model repository so as to increase the reusability of models; and, (3) provide a problemoriented specification and problem-solving support mechanism.…”

“…The model specialization relationships and the function specialization relationships are established at the signature level. The system also provides a problem-oriented high-level description language POL for users to describe the solutions (high-level programs) to the problems by using the specified repository models (Zhuge, 2000). A translator mechanism translates the high-level programs into 3GL (e.g., FOR-TRAN) programs.…”

“…The signature-based approaches focus on the type information about the interface of a software component (e.g., Zaremski and Wing, 1995). A signature matching can be used for model retrieval and it can be further relaxed by using a specialization (or generalization) of signatures (Zhuge, 1998;Zhuge, 2000). But, the indirect specialization (caused by transitivity) and impure specialization (e.g., partial specialization), which are neglected in previous works, often exist in real applications besides the pure specialization relationship.…”