35 research outputs found
Parallelization of Graph Transformation Based on Incremental Pattern Matching
oai:journal.ub.tu-berlin.de:article/265Graph transformation based on incremental pattern matching explicitly stores all occurrences of patterns (left-hand side of rules) and updates this result cache upon model changes. This allows instantaneous pattern queries at the expense of costlier model manipulation and higher memory consumption.
Up to now, this incremental approach has considered only sequential execution despite the inherently distributed structure of the underlying match caching mechanism. The paper explores various possibilities of parallelizing graph transformation to harness the power of modern multi-core, multi-processor computing environments: (i) incremental pattern matching enables the concurrent execution of model manipulation and pattern matching; moreover, (ii) pattern matching itself can be parallelized along caches
The Train Benchmark: cross-technology performance evaluation of continuous model queries
In model-driven development of safety-critical
systems (like automotive, avionics or railways), well-
formedness of models is repeatedly validated in order to
detect design flaws as early as possible. In many indus-
trial tools, validation rules are still often implemented by
a large amount of imperative model traversal code which
makes those rule implementations complicated and hard
to maintain. Additionally, as models are rapidly increas-
ing in size and complexity, efficient execution of validation rules is challenging for the currently available tools.
Checking well-formedness constraints can be captured by
declarative queries over graph models, while model update
operations can be specified as model transformations. This
paper presents a benchmark for systematically assessing the
scalability of validating and revalidating well-formedness
constraints over large graph models. The benchmark defines
well-formedness validation scenarios in the railway domain:
a metamodel, an instance model generator and a set of well-
formedness constraints captured by queries, fault injection
and repair operations (imitating the work of systems engi-
neers by model transformations). The benchmark focuses
on the performance of query evaluation, i.e. its execution
time and memory consumption, with a particular empha-
sis on reevaluation. We demonstrate that the benchmark
can be adopted to various technologies and query engines,
including modeling tools; relational, graph and semantic
databases. The Train Benchmark is available as an open-
source project with continuous builds from
https://github.
com/FTSRG/trainbenchmark
Property-Based Methods for Collaborative Model Development
Industrial
applications
of
mo del-driven
engineering
to
de-
velop
large
and
complex
systems
resulted
in
an
increasing
demand
for
collab oration
features.
However,
use
cases
such
as
mo del
di�erencing
and
merging
have
turned
out
to
b e
a
di�cult
challenge,
due
to
(i)
the
graph-
like
nature
of
mo dels,
and
(ii)
the
complexity
of
certain
op erations
(e.g.
hierarchy
refactoring)
that
are
common
to day.
In
the
pap er,
we
present
a
novel
search-based
automated
mo del
merge
approach
where
rule-based
design
space
exploration
is
used
to
search
the
space
of
solution
candi-
dates
that
represent
con�ict-free
merged
mo dels.
Our
metho d
also
allows
engineers
to
easily
incorp orate
domain-sp eci�c
knowledge
into
the
merge
pro cess
to
provide
b etter
solutions.
The
merge
pro cess
automatically
cal-
culates
multiple
merge
candidates
to
b e
presented
to
domain
exp erts
for
�nal
selection.
Furthermore,
we
prop ose
to
adopt
a
generic
synthetic
b enchmark
to
carry
out
an
initial
scalability
assessment
for
mo del
merge
with
large
mo dels
and
large
change
sets
Deriving Effective Permissions for Modeling Artifacts from Fine-grained Access Control Rules
In case of collaborative modeling, complex systems are de-
veloped by different stakeholders. To guarantee security,
access control policies need to be enforced during the col-
laboration. Levels of required confidentiality and integrity
may vary across modeling artifacts, and even features of a
single model element.
Fine-grained rule-based access control was proposed to
meet the needs of flexible and concise access control. Rule-
based policies are inherently subject to conflicts between
the rules; these conflicts should be interpreted in a consis-
tent but also predictable way that caters to the preferences
of the policy engineer.
We propose a deterministic, parameterizable resolution
strategy between conflicting rules to calculate effective ac-
cess permissions for each fact in the model. Our approach is
illustrated using a case study of the MONDO EU projec