Applying Transformation Templates to Diversify User Interfaces Generated by Model-Driven Engineering

Model-driven engineering of user interfaces aims to manage the inherent complexity of the development of user interfaces and to decrease the effort needed to develop them. However, from the end-user perspective, user interfaces generated by model-driven engineering usually present usability problems and it is not always easy to customise them.CONACYT – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y TecnologíaPROCIENCI

A navigational role-centric model oriented web approach - MoWebA

[EN] This study presents MoWebA, a navigational role-centric model driven development (MDD) proposal for web applications development. The approach was conceived considering a previous study of web methods and analysing some open issues. This article presents the fundamentals of the proposal; the methodological aspects for modelling and transformation processes; and the defined notations/techniques for modelling and transformation tasks, including their abstract and concrete syntax definitions. We include a summary of the validation experiences and main results, and a comparison against other related proposals, in order to highlight the main contributions of MoWebA.This research is partially supported by the CONACYT (Paraguay), through the INV-056 Project.González Toñánez, M.; Cernuzzi, L.; Pastor López, O. (2016). A navigational role-centric model oriented web approach - MoWebA. International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology. 11(1):29-67. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWET.2016.075963S296711

Tape Mbo'e: A First Experimental Assessment

The development of software not only needs to consider the construction process, but also other aspects such as cost, human resources and communication among stakehold- ers. The lack of simplicity into this context becomes explicit when some restrictions, such as service oriented architecture, must be considered as the basic style to build sus- tainable applications into environments were practitioners are not aware of this software technology. In addition to this, most of the available software processes are not directly applicable nor are they reusable, so learning times becomes risk for the development of the project. Therefore, Tape Mbo'e (TME) has been proposed to support the building of such applications, into development environments like developing countries where we can have economic constraints and scarcity of proficient practitioners. The first application of TME has been to develop a service-based application whose goal is to provide the interoperability among legacy systems of different public agencies in Paraguay. Initial results of this experience indicated the feasibility and simplicity of TME when applied in this field. The evaluation process, its results and conclusions are described in this paper

Requirements Modeling for Multi-Agent Systems

Different approaches for building modern software systems in complex and open environments have been proposed in the last few years. Some efforts try to take advantage of the agent-oriented paradigm to model/engineer complex information systems in terms of independent agents. These agents may collaborate in a computational organization (Multi-Agent Systems, MAS) by playing some specific roles having to interact with others in order to reach a global or individual goal. In addition, due to the complex nature of this type of systems, dealing with the classical functional and structural perspectives of software systems are not enough. The organizational perspective, that describes the context where these agents need to collaborate, and the social behavior perspective, that describes the different "intelligent" manners in which these agents can collaborate, need to be identified and properly specified. Several methodologies have been proposed to drive the development of MAS (e.g., Ingenias, Gaia, Tropos) although most of them mainly focus on the design and implementation phases and do not provide adequate mechanisms for capturing, defining, and specifying software requirements. Poor requirements engineering is recognized as the root of most errors in current software development projects, and as a means for improving the quality of current practices in the development of MAS, the main objective of this work is to propose a requirements modeling process to deal with software requirements covering the functional, structural, organizational, and social behavior perspectives of MAS. The requirements modeling proposed is developed within the model-driven engineering context defining the corresponding metamodel and its graphical syntax. In addition, a MAS requirements modeling process is specified using the Object Management Group's (OMG) Software Process Engineering Metamodel (SPEM). Finally, in order to illustrate the feasibility of our approach, we specified the software requirements of a strategic board game (the Diplomacy game).Rodríguez Viruel, ML. (2011). Requirements Modeling for Multi-Agent Systems. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/11416Archivo delegad

A Model-Driven Approach to develop Rich Internet Applications

El objetivo principal del proyecto fue Explorar los beneficios de la aplicación del Desarrollo Dirigido por Modelos (MDD - Model-Driven Development) en el desarrollo de aplicaciones software de buena calidad, utilizando tecnologías actuales a nivel de capa de presentación.CONACYT – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y TecnologíaPROCIENCI

Exploring Model-to-Model Transformations for RIA Architectures by means of a Systematic Mapping Study

This study focuses on model-to-model – M2M – transformations, as part of the Model-Driven Development – MDD – approach, for Rich Internet Applications – RIA. The main aim of this study is to identify fields that require further contributions, and/or research opportunities in the previously mentioned context.CONACYT – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y TecnologíaPROCIENCI

Developing Web Applications For Different Architectures: The MoWebA Approach

This study presents the Architecture Specific Model (ASM) defined by the MoWebA approach to improve the development of web applications for different architectures. MoWebA is a model-driven approach to web applications development. The article presents a general overview of MoWebA, including the methodological aspects related to its modeling and transformation processes, the process of defining the ASM, and an example of an ASM model.CONACYT – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y TecnologíaPROCIENCI