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Enhanced graph rewriting systems for complex software domains

Dynamic software architecture, non-functional requirements, and correctness by construction

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Abstract

Methodologies for correct by construction reconfigurations can efficiently solve consistency issues in dynamic software architecture. Graph-based models are appropriate for designing such architectures and methods. At the same time, they may be unfit to characterize a system from a non-functional perspective. This stems from efficiency and applicability limitations in handling time-varying characteristics and their related dependencies. In order to lift these restrictions, an extension to graph rewriting systems is proposed herein. The suitability of this approach, as well as the restraints of currently available ones, is illustrated, analyzed, and experimentally evaluated with reference to a concrete example. This investigation demonstrates that the conceived solution can (i) express any kind of algebraic dependencies between evolving requirements and properties; (ii) significantly ameliorate the efficiency and scalability of system modifications with respect to classic methodologies; (iii) provide an efficient access to attribute values; (iv) be fruitfully exploited in software management systems; and (v) guarantee theoretical properties of a grammar, like its termination.

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  1. LAAS, CNRS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, 31400, Toulouse, France

    Cédric Eichler, Thierry Monteil & Khalil Drira

  2. IRIT, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France

    Cédric Eichler & Patricia Stolf

  3. UPS, Univ de Toulouse, 31400, Toulouse, France

    Cédric Eichler

  4. INSA, Univ de Toulouse, 31400, Toulouse, France

    Thierry Monteil

  5. UTM, Univ de Toulouse, 31100, Toulouse, France

    Patricia Stolf

  6. Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy

    Luigi Alfredo Grieco

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Communicated by Prof. Hong Mei.

Researches presented in this paper have been partially funded by the ANR in the context of SOP project ANR-11-INFR-001.

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Eichler, C., Monteil, T., Stolf, P. et al. Enhanced graph rewriting systems for complex software domains. Softw Syst Model 15, 685–705 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-014-0433-1

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