Formal Specification and Analysis of Domain Specific Models Using Maude

Rivera, José Eduardo; Durán, Francisco; Vallecillo, Antonio

doi:10.1177/0037549709341635

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“…See [47] for a detailed presentation of how Maude provides an accurate way of specifying both the abstract syntax and the behavioural semantics of models and meta-models, and offers good tool support both for simulating and for reasoning about them.…”

Section: Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Amalgamation of domain specific languages with behaviour

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Moreno-Delgado

Orejas

et al. 2017

Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming

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Domain-specific languages (DSLs) become more useful the more specific they are to a particular domain. The resulting need for developing a substantial number of DSLs can only be satisfied if DSL development can be made as efficient as possible. One way in which to address this challenge is by enabling the reuse of (partial) DSLs in the construction of new DSLs. Reuse of DSLs builds on two foundations: a notion of DSL composition and theoretical results ensuring the safeness of composing DSLs with respect to the semantics of the component DSLs.Given a graph-grammar formalisation of DSLs, in this paper, we build on graph transformation system morphisms to define parameterized DSLs and their instantiation by an amalgamation construction. Results on the protection of the behaviour along the induced morphisms allow us to safely reuse and combine definitions of DSLs to build more complex ones. We illustrate our proposal in e-Motions for a DSL for productionline systems and three independent DSLs for describing non-functional properties, namely response time, throughput, and failure rate.

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Section: Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Amalgamation of domain specific languages with behaviour

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Orejas

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Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming

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“…The thus obtained specification may be used for rewriting in Maude, but other tools in the Maude formal environment, as its model checker or its reachability analysis tool, can also be used on it [31]. In section 3.2 we show how, by meeting its requirements, we can also use the PVeStA tool for carrying on statistical model checking.…”

Section: Pvesta-compliant Representation Of E-motions Modelsmentioning

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Statistical Model Checking of e-Motions Domain-Specific Modeling Languages

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Moreno-Delgado

Álvarez-Palomo

2016

Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering

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Abstract. Domain experts may use novel tools that allow them to design and model their systems in a notation very close to the domain problem. However, the use of tools for the statistical analysis of stochastic systems requires software engineers to carefully specify such systems in low level and specific languages. In this work we line up both scenarios, specific domain modeling and statistical analysis. Specifically, we have extended the e-Motions system, a framework to develop real-time domain-specific languages where the behavior is specified in a natural way by in-place transformation rules, to support the statistical analysis of systems defined using it. We discuss how restricted e-Motions systems are used to produce Maude corresponding specifications, using a model transformation from e-Motions to Maude, which comply with the restrictions of the VeStA tool, and which can therefore be used to perform statistical analysis on the stochastic systems thus generated. We illustrate our approach with a very simple messaging distributed system.

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“…The idea consists in representing metamodels, models and transformations in an external formal framework already equipped with verification capabilities, generally delegated to a dedicated tool. Among others, Abstract State Machines provide Ctl model-checking by using another mapping into the Spin modelchecker (used in the Asmeta framework [44]), and Maude has been the verification target for several works, providing reachability analysis, theorem-proving by mapping Maude specification into Isabelle/Hol, and Ltl model-checking: the approach was used for verifying visual Dsls whose behavioural semantics is expressed using Gbt in single/double pushout styles [98,100], and by Barbosa et al [8] for proving a relatively simple form of semantic preservation on Java imperative programs by comparing the resulting semantic domains (note that this last work uses a three-lines Java example whose scalability is questionable since none of the challenging Java constructionconditional and loop statements, but also casting and method calls -are handled). Rangel et al [95] proposed a framework for preserving the behaviour of refactorings in a Gbt framework using borrowed contexts that works both at the rule and the transformation levels.…”

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Formal Verification Techniques for Model Transformations: A Tridimensional Classification .

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Combemale²,

Levi³

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In Model Driven Engineering (Mde), models are first-class citizens, and model transformation is Mde's "heart and soul". Since model transformations are executed for a family of (conforming) models, their validity becomes a crucial issue.This paper proposes to explore the question of the formal verification of model transformation properties through a tridimensional approach: the transformation involved, the properties of interest addressed, and the formal verification techniques used to establish the properties.This work is intended for a double audience. For newcomers, it provides a tutorial introduction to the field of formal verification of model transformations. For readers more familiar with formal methods and model transformations, it proposes a literature review (although not systematic) of the contributions of the field.Overall, this work allows to better understand the evolution, trends and current practice in the domain of model transformation verification. This work opens an interesting research line for building an engineering of model transformation verification guided by the notion of model transformation intent.

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Formal Specification and Analysis of Domain Specific Models Using Maude

Cited by 47 publications

References 34 publications

Amalgamation of domain specific languages with behaviour

Amalgamation of domain specific languages with behaviour

Statistical Model Checking of e-Motions Domain-Specific Modeling Languages

Formal Verification Techniques for Model Transformations: A Tridimensional Classification .

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