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- Title
Enhanced graph rewriting systems for complex software domains.
- Authors
Eichler, Cédric; Monteil, Thierry; Stolf, Patricia; Grieco, Luigi; Drira, Khalil
- Abstract
Methodologies for correct by construction reconfigurations can efficiently solve consistency issues in dynamic software architecture. Graph-based models are appropriate for designing such architectures and methods. At the same time, they may be unfit to characterize a system from a non-functional perspective. This stems from efficiency and applicability limitations in handling time-varying characteristics and their related dependencies. In order to lift these restrictions, an extension to graph rewriting systems is proposed herein. The suitability of this approach, as well as the restraints of currently available ones, is illustrated, analyzed, and experimentally evaluated with reference to a concrete example. This investigation demonstrates that the conceived solution can (i) express any kind of algebraic dependencies between evolving requirements and properties; (ii) significantly ameliorate the efficiency and scalability of system modifications with respect to classic methodologies; (iii) provide an efficient access to attribute values; (iv) be fruitfully exploited in software management systems; and (v) guarantee theoretical properties of a grammar, like its termination.
- Subjects
REWRITING systems (Computer science); COMPUTER software; SOFTWARE architecture; SCALABILITY; REQUIREMENTS engineering
- Publication
Software & Systems Modeling, 2016, Vol 15, Issue 3, p685
- ISSN
1619-1366
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10270-014-0433-1