Visual Model-based Software Development

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Visual Model-based Software Development
University of Paderborn
Gregor Engels, Stefan Sauer University of
Paderborn (Germany) Information Systems
Group engelssauer_at_upb.de

• EUD-Net Workshop, Pisa, Italy
• September 23rd, 2002

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Software Development Traditional (?) Approach
problem domain
implementation
program
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Software Development Reality
problem domain
program
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Software Development Model-based Approach
problem domain
program
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Software Development Model-based Approach
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Requirements for a Model and the Modeling Language

• Requirements for a Model
• user-friendly,
• understandable
• complete
• expressive, adequate
• correct, precise, analysable

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Language Engineering
(visual) modeling language
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Language Engineering
(visual) modeling language
Object-oriented Modeling of MultiMediaApplications
OMMMA (UML profile)
graph transformation
meta modeling
dynamic meta modeling
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OMMMA Object-oriented Modeling of Multimedia
Applications

• User interface
• multi-media
• multi-functional
• multi-modal
• interactive

integrated model of user
interface and
system functionality
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OMMMA Presentation Diagram Concrete Syntax
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OMMMA Presentation Diagram Concrete Syntax
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Our Research Topics

• Language Engineering
• UML
• abstract syntax definition via meta modeling
• graph transformations as technical tool
• semantics definition via dynamic meta modelling
• UML profiles
• multimedia applications (OMMMA)
• web applications
• agent-based systems
• Consistency within UML models

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Consistency
problem domain
problem domain
analyse and design
model
program
code
model
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Our Research Topics

• Language Engineering
• UML
• abstract syntax definition via meta modeling
• graph transformations as technical tool
• semantics definition via dynamic meta modelling
• UML profiles
• multimedia applications (OMMMA)
• web applications
• agent-based systems
• Consistency within UML models
• Requirements Engineering
• video-based modeling
• eLearning

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Video-based Modeling

• new modeling approach
• eLearning approach

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Our Research Topics

• Language Engineering
• UML
• abstract syntax definition via meta modeling
• graph transformations as technical tool
• semantics definition via dynamic meta modelling
• UML profiles
• multimedia applications (OMMMA)
• web applications
• agent-based systems
• Consistency within UML models
• Requirements Engineering
• video-based modeling
• eLearning

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The End