SPLASH 2023
Sun 22 - Fri 27 October 2023 Cascais, Portugal
Tue 24 Oct 2023 14:00 - 14:30 at Room II - Modeling Chair(s): Benoit Combemale

EAST-ADL is a domain-specific modelling language for the design and analysis of vehicular embedded systems. Seamless modelling through multiple concrete syntaxes for the same language, known as blended modelling, offers enhanced modelling flexibility to boost collaboration, lower modelling time, and maximise the productivity of multiple diverse stakeholders involved in the development of complex systems, such as those in the automotive domain. Together with our industrial partner, which is one of the leading contributors to the definition of EAST-ADL and one of its main end-users, we provided prototypical blended modelling features for EAST-ADL. In this article, we report on our language engineering work towards the provision of blended modelling for EAST-ADL to support seamless graphical and textual notations. Notably, for selected portions of the EAST-ADL language (i.e., timing and variability packages), we introduce ad-hoc textual concrete syntaxes to represent the language’s abstract syntax in alternative textual notations, preserving the language’s semantics. Furthermore, we propose a full-fledged runtime synchronisation mechanism, based on the standard EAXML schema format, to achieve seamless change propagation across the two notations. As EAXML serves as a central synchronisation point, the proposed blended modelling approach is workable with most existing EAST-ADL tools. The feasibility of the proposed approach is demonstrated through a car wiper use case from an industrial partner. Results indicate that the proposed blended modelling approach is effective and can be applied to other EAST-ADL packages and supporting tools.

Tue 24 Oct

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14:00 - 15:30
ModelingSLE at Room II
Chair(s): Benoit Combemale University of Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA
14:00
30m
Talk
Enabling Blended Modelling of Timing and Variability in EAST-ADLResearch Paper
SLE
Muhammad Waseem Anwar Department of Innovation, Design and Engineering Malardalen University, Federico Ciccozzi Mälardalen University, Alessio Bucaioni Mälardalen University
DOI
14:30
30m
Talk
Towards Efficient Model Comparison Using Automated Program RewritingResearch Paper
SLE
Qurat Ul Ain Ali University of York , Dimitris Kolovos University of York, Konstantinos Barmpis University of York
DOI
15:00
30m
Talk
Deriving Integrated Multi-Viewpoint Modeling Languages from Heterogeneous Modeling Languages: An Experience ReportResearch Paper
SLE
Malte Heithoff RWTH Aachen University, Nico Jansen Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Jörg Christian Kirchhof RWTH Aachen University, Judith Michael RWTH Aachen University, Florian Rademacher RWTH Aachen University, Bernhard Rumpe RWTH Aachen University
DOI Pre-print