A survey of modeling language specification techniques

Bork, Dominik; Karagiannis, Dimitris; Pittl, Benedikt

doi:10.1016/j.is.2019.101425

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“…When the complexity of a system to be modelled exceeds a certain threshold, it is common to refer to multi-view modeling [12]. By doing so, the overarching model is decomposed into smaller models, representing views, that focus only on certain aspects while ignoring everything else.…”

Section: Multi-view Modelingmentioning

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“…Consequently, the complexity of the meta-model can be reduced and individual stakeholders with their concerns can be supported by a tailored fraction of the overall meta-model (i.e., a viewpoint) when creating a model (i.e., a view). However, keeping these views consistent is inherently difficult because of the syntactic and semantic overlaps [7,12,18,55,57].…”

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Risk-aware business process management using multi-view modeling: method and tool

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Risk-aware Business Process Management (R-BPM) has been addressed in research since more than a decade. However, the integration of the two independent research streams is still ongoing with a lack of research focusing on the conceptual modeling perspective. Such an integration results in an increased meta-model complexity and a higher entry barrier for modelers in creating conceptual models and for addressees of the models in comprehending them. Multi-view modeling can reduce this complexity by providing multiple interdependent viewpoints that, all together, represent a complex system. Each viewpoint only covers those concepts that are necessary to separate the different concerns of stakeholders. However, adopting multi-view modeling discloses a number of challenges particularly related to managing consistency which is threatened by semantic and syntactic overlaps between the viewpoints. Moreover, usability and efficiency of multi-view modeling have never been systematically evaluated. This paper reports on the conceptualization, implementation, and empirical evaluation of e-BPRIM, a multi-view modeling extension of the Business Process-Risk Management-Integrated Method (BPRIM). The findings of our research contribute to theory by showing, that multi-view modeling outperforms diagram-oriented modeling by means of usability and efficiency of modeling, and quality of models. Moreover, the developed modeling tool is openly available, allowing its adoption and use in R-BPM practice. Eventually, the detailed presentation of the conceptualization serves as a blueprint for other researchers aiming to harness multi-view modeling.

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“…He also identified the mapping of system-oriented constructs of GPM languages to user-oriented and process-oriented concepts as a core challenge to which no general solution exists; and attributed the lack of a standardized approach to the wide range of process modeling approaches. Similarly, Bork et al noted the absence of complete and consistent modeling specifications as a cause for the limited use and acceptance of modeling languages, as well as for the idiosyncratic nature of resulting models (which, in turn, reduces their comprehensibility and their reusability) [33]. In their survey of modeling language specifications, Bork et al found that almost all the specifications use redundant notations.…”

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Using Domain-Specific Models to Facilitate Model-Based Systems-Engineering: Development Process Design Modeling with OPM and PROVE

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2021

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Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches are a step forward in the evolution of computer-aided engineering, and yet, they often incorporate deficiencies that may jeopardize their practical utility and usability, as well as the validity of the resulting models. We demonstrate how a domain-specific modeling approach can relieve some hurdles in adopting MBSE, and how it can be used in tandem with a general-purpose modeling approach to augment and introduce rigor to models. Specifically, we demonstrate the consequences of theoretical issues that were previously identified in Object Process Methodology and suggest an approach to solve them. We use a generalized case-study—derived from extensive process modeling in both academia and industry—to show that a domain-specific model can significantly relax the user’s modeling effort. This demonstration is based on two quantitative metrics: the number of representational elements and available modeling tactics. We discuss the contribution of our approach to model quality, particularly with respect to its rigor and communicability.

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“…In designing the metamodel of the proposed modeling software the slicing technique presented by the authors of [27] was employed. Figure 2 presents the metamodel governing the proposed modeling software.…”

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Agile Development of PHP Websites: A Model-Aware Approach

Gog

2020

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The Design Science research method was hereby employed to develop an artifact that demonstrates the experimental “model-aware” software engineering methodology in the context of PHP Web development – a “low code” development approach with code templates generated from technology-specific models. The proof-of-concept consists of two interacting components: a custom diagrammatic modeling environment and model-driven generated PHP pages. The interaction between the two components conforms the engineering method labelled as “Model-aware software engineering” (MASE) – a flavor of model-driven engineering recently introduced in research projects as a hybridization of the Agile Modeling Method Engineering (AMME) framework and the Resource Description Framework (RDF). The experimental MASE method is employed here to demonstrate its feasibility for the common Model-View-Controller (MVC) website development pattern, thus showing potential to support common Web development work.

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A survey of modeling language specification techniques

Cited by 60 publications

References 29 publications

Risk-aware business process management using multi-view modeling: method and tool

Risk-aware business process management using multi-view modeling: method and tool

Using Domain-Specific Models to Facilitate Model-Based Systems-Engineering: Development Process Design Modeling with OPM and PROVE

Agile Development of PHP Websites: A Model-Aware Approach

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