An algebraic semantics for MOF

Formal Aspects of Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 269-296

  Boronat, Artur ^a   Meseguer, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal analysis; Membership equational logic; Metamodeling semantics; Model driven development; MOF; Reflection

Indexed keywords

FORMAL ANALYSIS; MEMBERSHIP EQUATIONAL LOGIC; METAMODELING; METAMODELING SEMANTICS; MODEL DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT; MOF;

ALGEBRA; LINGUISTICS; MODEL CHECKING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUERY LANGUAGES; REFLECTION; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STANDARDIZATION;

FORMAL METHODS;

EID: 77954083844     PISSN: 09345043     EISSN: 1433299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00165-009-0140-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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