scholarly journals A Quality Model for Conceptual Models of MDD Environments

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Marín ◽  
Giovanni Giachetti ◽  
Oscar Pastor ◽  
Alain Abran
Keyword(s):  
Defect Detection ◽  
Code Generation ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Suitable Alternative ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Detection Of Defects

In Model-Driven Development (MDD) processes, models are key artifacts that are used as input for code generation. Therefore, it is very important to evaluate the quality of these input models in order to obtain high-quality software products. The detection of defects is a promising technique to evaluate software quality, which is emerging as a suitable alternative for MDD processes. The detection of defects in conceptual models is usually manually performed. However, since current MDD standards and technologies allow both the specification of metamodels to represent conceptual models and the implementation of model transformations to automate the generation of final software products, it is possible to automate defect detection from the defined conceptual models. This paper presents a quality model that not only encapsulates defect types that are related to conceptual models but also takes advantage of current standards in order to automate defect detection in MDD environments.

A Model Driven Approach based on Interaction Flow Modeling Language to Generate Rich Internet Applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 3073
Author(s):  
Sarra Roubi ◽  
Mohammed Erramdani ◽  
Samir Mbarki
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Code Generation ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Rich Internet Application ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Rich Internet Applications ◽  
Desktop Interfaces ◽  
Model Driven Approach

<p><span lang="EN-US">A Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) combine the simplicity of the hypertext paradigm with the flexibility of desktop interfaces. These appliations were proposed as a solution to follow the rapid growth and evolution of the Graphical User Interfaces. However, RIAs are complex applications and their development requires designing and implementation which are time-consuming and the available tools are specialized in manual design. In this paper, we present a model driven approach to generat GUI for Rich Internet Application. The approach exploits the new language IFML recently adopted by the Object Management Group. We used frameworks and technologies known to Model-Driven Engineering, such as Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) for Meta-modeling, Query View Transformation (QVT) for model transformations and Acceleo for code generation. The approach allows to quickly and efficiently generating a RIA focusing on the graphical aspect of the application.</span></p>

scholarly journals Measuring Software Quality Product Based on Fuzzy Inference System Techniques in ISO Standard

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atrin Barzegar
Keyword(s):  
Software Quality ◽  
Fuzzy Inference System ◽  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Inference System ◽  
Iso Standard ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Software Product ◽  
The Impact

The success of a software product depends on several factors. Given that different organizations and institutions use software products, the need to have a quality and desirable software according to the goals and needs of the organization makes measuring the quality of software products an important issue for most organizations and institutions. To be sure of having the right software. It is necessary to use a standard quality model to examine the features and sub-features for a detailed and principled study in the quality discussion. In this study, the quality of Word software was measured. Considering the importance of software quality and to have a good and usable software in terms of quality and measuring the quality of software during the study, experts and skilled in this field were used and the impact of each factor and quality characteristics. It was applied at different levels according to their opinion to make the result of measuring the quality of Word software more accurate and closer to reality. In this research, the quality of the software product is measured based on the fuzzy inference system in ISO standard. According to the results obtained in this study, it is understood that quality is a continuous and hierarchical concept and the quality of each part of the software at any stage of production can lead to high quality products.

Model-driven development of multiagent systems: a survey and evaluation

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geylani Kardas
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Multiagent Systems ◽  
Code Generation ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Tool Support ◽  
Model Driven Development ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Abstraction Level ◽  
Agent Oriented Software Engineering ◽  
Research Activities

AbstractTo work in a higher abstraction level is of critical importance for the development of multiagent systems (MAS) since it is almost impossible to observe code-level details of such systems due to their internal complexity, distributedness and openness. As one of the promising software development approaches, model-driven development (MDD) aims to change the focus of software development from code to models. This paradigm shift, introduced by the MDD, may also provide the desired abstraction level during the development of MASs. For this reason, MDD of autonomous agents and MASs has been recognized and become one of the research topics in agent-oriented software engineering (AOSE) area. Contributions are mainly based on the model-driven architecture (MDA), which is the most famous and in-use realization of MDD. Within this direction, AOSE researchers define MAS metamodels in various abstraction levels and apply model transformations between the instances of these metamodels in order to provide rapid and efficient implementation of the MASs in various platforms. Reorganization of the existing MAS development methodologies to support model-driven agent development is another emerging research track. In this paper, we give a state of the art survey on above mentioned model-driven MAS development research activities and evaluate the introduced approaches according to five quality criteria we define on model-driven MAS engineering: (1) definition of a platform independent MAS metamodel, (2) model-to-model transformability, (3) model-to-code transformability, (4) support for multiple MAS platforms and finally (5) tool support for software modeling and code generation. Our evaluation has shown that the researchers contributed to the area by providing MDD processes in which design of the MASs are realized at a very high abstraction level and the software for these MASs are developed as a result of the application of a series of model transformations. However, most of the approaches are incapable of supporting multiple MAS environments due to the restricted specifications of their metamodels and model transformations. Also efficiency and practicability of the proposed methodologies are under debate since the amount and quality of the executable MAS components, gained automatically, appear to be not sufficient.

scholarly journals Measurement of software quality based on international standards

Radiotekhnika ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 152-157
Author(s):  
O. Zaporozhets ◽  
N. Shtefan
Keyword(s):  
Software Quality ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Model Quality ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Potential Benefits

Quality is one of the factors that ensure the commercial success and safety of using the software. Quality is understood as conformity the explicit and implicit requirements of various stakeholders. It is necessary to ensure a joint understanding between developers and users, engineers need to understand the meaning of the concept of quality, characteristics and importance of quality for the developed or maintained software. Measurements are the basis for quality assurance. They are the main tool for managing the life cycle of software products, assessing the implementation of plans and monitoring. To quantify quality, it is necessary to measure the characteristics of the software. Standardization provides unification of requirements for quality, its measurement and assessment. The use of standards has many potential benefits for any organization, especially in key areas such as measuring the quality of software products, information and measurement systems. Recognized international standards organizations have published the ISO/IEC 25000 series of standards for systems and software quality requirements and evaluation (SQuaRE), which is gaining widespread practical application. The paper discusses a series of the SQuaRE international standards, analyzes the relationship between the quality model, quality characteristics, quality measures and a new concept, i.e., a quality measure element of the software, presents the measurement of quality based on these standards.

scholarly journals Content Based Model Transformations: Solutions to Existing Issues with Application in Information Security

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Justinas Janulevicius ◽  
Simona Ramanauskaite ◽  
Nikolaj Goranin ◽  
Antanas Cenys
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Model Transformation ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Model Driven Engineering ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Production Models ◽  
Dependent Model ◽  
The Cost

Model-Driven Engineering uses models in various stages of the software engineering. To reduce the cost of modelling and production, models are reused by transforming. Therefore the accuracy of model transformations plays a key role in ensuring the quality of the process. However, problems exist when trying to transform a very abstract and content dependent model. This paper describes the issues arising from such transformations. Solutions to solve problems in content based model transformation are proposed as well. The usage of proposed solutions allowing realization of semi-automatic transformations was integrated into a tool, designed for OPC/XML drawing file transformations to CySeMoL models. The accuracy of transformations in this tool has been analyzed and presented in this paper to acquire data on the proposed solutions influence to the accuracy in content based model transformation.

Building Semantic Web Portals with a Model- Driven Design Approach

2011 ◽  
pp. 541-570
Author(s):  
Marco Brambilla ◽  
Federico M. Facca
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Good Design ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Software Artifacts ◽  
Design Requirements

This chapter presents an extension to Web application conceptual models toward Semantic Web. Conceptual models and model-driven methodologies are widely applied to the development of Web applications because of the advantages they grant in terms of productivity and quality of the outcome. Although some of these approaches are meant to address Semantic Web applications too, they do not fully exploit the whole potential deriving from interaction with ontological data sources and from semantic annotations. The authors claim that Semantic Web applications represent an emerging category of software artifacts, with peculiar characteristics and software structures, and hence need some specific methods and primitives for achieving good design results. In particular the contribution presented in this chapter is an extension of the WebML modeling framework that fulfils most of the design requirements emerging in the new area of Semantic Web. The authors generalize the development process to cover Semantic Web needs and devise a set of new primitives for ontology importing and querying. The chapter also presents a comparison of the proposed approach with the most relevant existing proposals and positioned with respect to the background and adopted technologies.

METAMODEL ENGINEERING FOR SUPPORTING FUZZY KNOWLEDGE BASE SYNTHESIS

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-47
Author(s):  
N. O. Dorodnykh ◽  
O. A. Nikolaychuk ◽  
A. Yu. Yurin
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Code Generation ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Conceptual Modeling ◽  
Fuzzy Rule ◽  
Engineering Problem ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Source Codes ◽  
Automated Generation ◽  
Fuzzy Knowledge

The paper is devoted to fuzzy knowledge base engineering problem. The effectiveness of this process can be improved by automated generation of source codes and analysis of data presented in different forms, in particular, in the form of conceptual models describing a certain subject domain. The knowledge base code generation is based on the transformation of conceptual models from the model-based approach and the use of metamodels. The metamodeling provides the description of the source and target formalisms of conceptual modeling and knowledge representation. We present an approach for fuzzy knowledge base engineering based on model transformations. In particular, metamodels for describing fuzzy rule-based models and fuzzy ontologies and method for automated metamodel generation are presented.

scholarly journals A BPMN-Based Design and Maintenance Framework for ETL Processes

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zineb El Akkaoui ◽  
Esteban Zimányi ◽  
Jose-Norberto Mazón ◽  
Juan Trujillo
Keyword(s):  
Code Generation ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Learning Curves ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Automatic Code ◽  
Modeling Code

Business Intelligence (BI) applications require the design, implementation, and maintenance of processes that extract, transform, and load suitable data for analysis. The development of these processes (known as ETL) is an inherently complex problem that is typically costly and time consuming. In a previous work, the authors have proposed a vendor-independent language for reducing the design complexity due to disparate ETL languages tailored to specific design tools with steep learning curves. Nevertheless, the designer still faces two major issues during the development of ETL processes: (i) how to implement the designed processes in an executable language, and (ii) how to maintain the implementation when the organization data infrastructure evolves. In this paper, the authors propose a model-driven framework that provides automatic code generation capability and ameliorate maintenance support of our ETL language. They present a set of model-to-text transformations able to produce code for different ETL commercial tools as well as model-to-model transformations that automatically update the ETL models with the aim of supporting the maintenance of the generated code according to data source evolution. A demonstration using an example is conducted as an initial validation to show that the framework covering modeling, code generation and maintenance could be used in practice.

scholarly journals A Model Driven Approach based on Interaction Flow Modeling Language to Generate Rich Internet Applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 3073
Author(s):  
Sarra Roubi ◽  
Mohammed Erramdani ◽  
Samir Mbarki
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Code Generation ◽  
Model Transformations ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Rich Internet Application ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Rich Internet Applications ◽  
Desktop Interfaces ◽  
Model Driven Approach

<p><span lang="EN-US">A Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) combine the simplicity of the hypertext paradigm with the flexibility of desktop interfaces. These appliations were proposed as a solution to follow the rapid growth and evolution of the Graphical User Interfaces. However, RIAs are complex applications and their development requires designing and implementation which are time-consuming and the available tools are specialized in manual design. In this paper, we present a model driven approach to generat GUI for Rich Internet Application. The approach exploits the new language IFML recently adopted by the Object Management Group. We used frameworks and technologies known to Model-Driven Engineering, such as Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) for Meta-modeling, Query View Transformation (QVT) for model transformations and Acceleo for code generation. The approach allows to quickly and efficiently generating a RIA focusing on the graphical aspect of the application.</span></p>

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