Translating Model Simulators to Analysis Models

We present a novel approach for the automatic generation of model-to-model transformations given a description of the operational semantics of the source language by means of graph transformation rules. The approach is geared to the generation of transformations from Domain-Specific Visual Languages (DSVLs) into semantic domains with an explicit notion of transition, like for example Petri nets. The generated transformation is expressed in the form of operational triple graph grammar rules that transform the static information (initial model) and the dynamics (source rules and their execution control structure). We illustrate these techniques with a DSVL in the domain of production systems, for which we generate a transformation into Petri nets.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: FASE
• Authors: Juan de Lara, Hans Vangheluwe
• Keywords: Example Petri Nets, FASE 2008, Graph Transformation Rules, Petri Nets, Software Engineering