Abstract
There is a growing need to explicitly represent the behavioral semantics of Modeling Languages in a precise way, something especially important in industrial environments in which simulation and verification are critical issues. Graph transformation provides one way to specify the semantics of Domain Specific Visual Languages (DSVLs), with the advantage of being intuitive and easy to use for the system designer. Even though its theory has been extensively developed during the last 30 years, it has some limitations concerning specific analysis capabilities. On the contrary, Maude is a rewriting logic-based language with very good formal analysis support, but which requires specialized knowledge. In this paper we show how a mapping between graph transformation-based specifications of DSVL semantics and Maude is possible. This allows performing simulation, reachability and model-checking analysis on the models, using the tools and techniques that Maude provides.
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Rivera, J.E., Guerra, E., de Lara, J., Vallecillo, A. (2009). Analyzing Rule-Based Behavioral Semantics of Visual Modeling Languages with Maude. In: Gašević, D., Lämmel, R., Van Wyk, E. (eds) Software Language Engineering. SLE 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5452. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00434-6_5
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