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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

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