doi: 10.7763/IJCTE.2010.V2.121
A Meta-Model Based Approach for Definition of a Multi-Formalism Modeling Framework
Hamid Mohammad Gholizadeh*
,
Mohammad Abdollahi Azgomi
- School of Computer Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Many software tools and environments are developed for modeling discrete-event systems. Although, most of the existing tool are proposed for modeling with one or a few modeling languages. In this paper, we propose a meta-modeling approach for definition of a multi-formalism modeling framework for Petri nets and related formal modeling languages. The proposed framework and the related software tool facilitate the inclusion of formalisms in the framework in a unified manner. The proposed meta-modeling structure is designed in four layers such that the most abstract layer as the meta-formalism and the least abstract layer as the concrete model. The basic concepts of the meta-modeling structure and some examples of formalisms are presented based on the proposed structure. We explain the techniques and the architecture of the implemented tool based on the proposed meta-modeling structure for the framework.
Keywords
- Modeling
- meta-modeling
- modeling language
- formalism
- tool
- discrete-event systems
How to Cite
Hamid Mohammad Gholizadeh and Mohammad Abdollahi Azgomi, "A Meta-Model Based Approach for Definition of a Multi-Formalism Modeling Framework," International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 87-95, 2010. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJCTE.2010.V2.121
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