An example is worth a thousand words: Creating graphical modelling environments by example

López-Fernández, Jesús J.; Garmendía, Antonio; Guerra, Esther; Lara, Juan de

doi:10.1007/s10270-017-0632-7

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“…In the case of DSLs, the requirements of the domain experts are of primary importance and must be considered during the development process [9]. In developing a DSL for geometric shapes, the syntax and structure should be simple and intuitive to enable easy creation and manipulation of shapes by domain experts [13]. This is consistent with the need for DSLs to be easy to understand and use for domain experts [22].…”

Section: Requirements Of the Dslmentioning

confidence: 89%

Efficient Compiler Design for a Geometric Shape Domain-Specific Language: Emphasizing Abstraction and Optimization Techniques

Gupta,

ManiKiran,

Purushotham

et al. 2023

ICST Transactions on Scalable Information Systems

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The research paper represents a novel approach to the design and optimization of a compiler for a domain-specific language (DSL) focused on geometric shape creation and manipulation. The primary objective is to develop a compiler capable of generating efficient machine code while offering users a high level of abstraction. The paper begins with an overview of DSLs and compilers, emphasizing their importance in software development. Next, it outlines the specific requirements of the geometric shape DSL and proposes a compiler design that addresses them. This innovative approach considers DSL's unique features, such as shape creation and manipulation, and aims to generate high-quality machine code. The paper also discusses optimization techniques to enhance the generated code's quality and performance, including loop unrolling and instruction scheduling. These optimizations are particularly suited to the DSL, which focuses on geometric shape creation and manipulation and are integral to achieving efficient machine code generation. In conclusion, the paper emphasizes the novelty of this approach to DSL compiler design and anticipates exciting results from testing the compiler developed for the geometric shape DSL.

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Section: Requirements Of the Dslmentioning

confidence: 89%

Efficient Compiler Design for a Geometric Shape Domain-Specific Language: Emphasizing Abstraction and Optimization Techniques

Gupta,

ManiKiran,

Purushotham

et al. 2023

ICST Transactions on Scalable Information Systems

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“…Current meta-modelling processes tend to be heavyweight, where meta-models are built up-front, and sometimes involving code generation. However, language definition can be much more agile, as demonstrated for example by the FlexiSketch tool [106] or by example-based meta-modelling approaches [55,88]. In those approaches, models are built first, and then relevant concepts lifted to the meta-model level, in an automated/assisted way.…”

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Modelling on mobile devices

2021

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Modelling is central to many disciplines in engineering and the natural and social sciences. A wide variety of modelling languages and tools have been proposed along the years, traditionally for static environments such as desktops and laptops. However, the availability of increasingly powerful mobile devices makes it possible to profit from their embedded sensors and components (e.g. camera, microphone, GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope) for modelling. This has promoted a new range of modelling tools specially designed for their use in mobility. Such tools open the door to modelling in dynamic scenarios that go beyond the capabilities of traditional desktop tools. For example, modelling in mobility can be useful to design smart factories on-site, or to create models of hiking routes while walking along the routes, among many other scenarios. In this paper, we report on a systematic mapping study to identify the state of the art and trends in modelling on mobile devices. The study covers both research papers and modelling apps from the Android and iOS stores. From this analysis, we derive a classification for mobile modelling tools along three orthogonal dimensions, discuss current gaps, and propose avenues for further research.

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“…In terms of visual DSLs, open source tools include: GMF [17], Sirius [57], EuGENia [36] and Graphiti [25]; and proprietary: MetaEdit+ [33] or Modeling SDK for Visual Studio [42], among others. Constructing graphical modelling environments is a costly and highly technical task, so that an example-based technique for the automatic generation of these environments has been developed [39]. The system synthesizes a modelling environment that mimics the syntax of the provided examples of the DSL created with specific drawing tools.…”

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Model-driven development of augmented reality-based editors for domain specific languages

Ruiz-Rube¹,

Baena-Pérez²,

Mota³

et al. 2020

IxD&A

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Designing visual models to describe and conceptualize objects and systems requires abstraction skills and a predisposition for visual interactions. Readily available modeling tools rely on the users’ logical-mathematical and visual-spatial abilities to support modeling design. However, they fall short of mechanisms to tap into the users’ bodily-kinesthetic abilities. This research presents a model-driven framework to automatically develop visual editors to work with Domain Specific Languages in tangible interaction environments. The framework is illustrated through the development of an editor of entity-relationship models supported by augmented reality. The editor usability evaluation indicates good acceptance by users as well as potential to support alternative interactions and to learn database concepts.

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An example is worth a thousand words: Creating graphical modelling environments by example

Cited by 9 publications

References 45 publications

Efficient Compiler Design for a Geometric Shape Domain-Specific Language: Emphasizing Abstraction and Optimization Techniques

Efficient Compiler Design for a Geometric Shape Domain-Specific Language: Emphasizing Abstraction and Optimization Techniques

Modelling on mobile devices

Model-driven development of augmented reality-based editors for domain specific languages

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