Rule-based modularization in model transformation languages illustrated with ATL

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 138-154

  Kurtev, Ivan ^a   van den Berg, Klaas ^a   Jouault, Frédéric ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; ATL; Model transformation; Modularity; Reusability; Transformation language

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REUSABILITY;

ATLAS TRANSFORMATION LANGUAGE (ATL); EXPLICIT RULE CALLS; GENERIC TRANSFORMATION FUNCTIONALITY; IMPLICIT RULE CALLS; MODEL TRANSFORMATION LANGUAGES; MODULAR CONSTRUCTS; MODULARIZATION;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 34548528823     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2007.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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