A multi-scale modelling perspective for SoS architectures

Khlif, Ilhem; Kacem, Mohamed Hadj; Kacem, Ahmed Hadj; Drira, Khalil

doi:10.1145/2642803.2642833

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“…The contribution of this paper is a multi-scale modeling approach for multi-level architecture oriented to facilitate adaptability management. The approach extends the work presented by Khlif et al (Khlif et al, 2012), (Khlif et al, 2014). In (Khlif et al, 2012), the multi-scale modeling solution only considers a fixed number of scales and describes a progressive process of refinement from a generic model describing a given point of view at a given scale to a specific model describing this point of view at another scale.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…In (Khlif et al, 2012), the multi-scale modeling solution only considers a fixed number of scales and describes a progressive process of refinement from a generic model describing a given point of view at a given scale to a specific model describing this point of view at another scale. In (Khlif et al, 2014), we have proposed a multi-scale modelling perspective for Systems of Systems (SoS) architecture description. We have focused on SysML (System modeling language) notations and used block diagrams.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A UML-based Approach for Multi-scale Software Architectures

Khlif

Kacem

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Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems

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Multi-level software architecture design is an important issue in software engineering. Several research studies have been done on the modeling of multi-level architectures based on UML. However, they neither included the refinement between the levels nor clarified the relationships between them. In this paper, we propose a multiscale modeling approach for multi-level software architecture oriented to facilitate adaptability management. The proposed design approach is founded on UML notations and uses component diagrams. The diagrams are submitted to vertical and horizontal transformations for refinement; this is done to reach a fine-grain description that contains necessary details that characterize the architectural style. The intermediate models provide a description with a given abstraction that allow the validation to be conducted significantly while remaining tractable w.r.t. complexity. The validation scope can involve intrinsic properties ensuring the model correctness w.r.t. the UML specification. To achieve this, we propose a set of model refinement rules. The rules manage the refinement and abstraction process (vertical and horizontal) as a model transformation from a coarse-grain description to a fine-grain description. Finally, we experimented our approach by modeling an Emergency Response and Crisis Management System (ERCMS) as a case of study.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A UML-based Approach for Multi-scale Software Architectures

Khlif

Kacem

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems

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“…We propose a multi-scale modeling approach that extends the work presented by Khlif et al [4,5]. In [4], the multiscale modeling solution only considers a fixed number of scales and describes a progressive process of refinement from a generic model describing a given point of view at a given scale to a specific model describing this point of view at another scale.…”

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“…In [4], the multiscale modeling solution only considers a fixed number of scales and describes a progressive process of refinement from a generic model describing a given point of view at a given scale to a specific model describing this point of view at another scale. In [5], we have proposed a multi-scale modelling perspective for Systems of Systems (SoS) architecture description. We have focused on SysML (System modeling language) notations and used block diagrams.…”

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Towards a multi-scale modeling approach for software architectures

Khlif

Kacem

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

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In this paper, we propose a multi-scale modeling approach for software architecture oriented to facilitate adaptability management. The proposed design approach is founded on UML notations and uses component diagrams. The diagrams are submitted to vertical and horizontal transformations for refinement; this is done to reach a fine-grain description that contains necessary details that characterize the architectural style. The intermediate models provide a description with a given abstraction that allow the validation to be conducted significantly while remaining tractable w.r.t. complexity. The validation scope can involve intrinsic properties ensuring the model correctness w.r.t. UML description. To achieve this, we propose a set of model refinement rules. The rules manage the refinement and abstraction process (vertical and horizontal) as a model transformation from a coarse-grain description to a fine-grain description. Finally, we experimented our approach by modeling an Emergency Response and Crisis Management System (ERCMS) as a case of study.

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“…Design and modelling of such systems is a complex task that requires different levels of abstraction to be distinguished according to the properties to be validated. Recently, new architectural modelling techniques have been defined [4,6]. These techniques handle the structural properties of communication architectures.…”

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Multiscale and Multiobjective modelling: A perspective for mastering the design and operation complexity of IoT systems

Drira

2017

2017 40th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO)

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Modeling IoT systems behaviors and architectures requires new approaches to be elaborated for handling the challenging issues such as: large scale interaction and real-time reconfiguration. This can help both during the design and the operation steps for ensuring a correct design and for delivering a performant service. Different studies have been recently conducted and new initiatives, at the national, European and international levels, have been taken for the domain of IoT systems and for the more general domain of System of Systems. Different modelling approaches have been elaborated. Bridging the models can lead to powerful solutions for modelling the next generation systems of systems of the family of IoT complex systems. Cross-disciplines initiatives have to be taken to enable the emergence of new Multiscale Multi-objective modelling approaches and frameworks.

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A multi-scale modelling perspective for SoS architectures

Cited by 10 publications

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A UML-based Approach for Multi-scale Software Architectures

A UML-based Approach for Multi-scale Software Architectures

Towards a multi-scale modeling approach for software architectures

Multiscale and Multiobjective modelling: A perspective for mastering the design and operation complexity of IoT systems

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