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Partial Bidirectionalization of Model Transformation Languages

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: While most model-transformation languages in Model-Driven Engineering are unidirectional, bidirectionality is valuable when artifacts need two-way synchronization. Although several bidirectional transformation engines have been developed, their behavior is generally considered more difficult to formulate and predict compared to the unidirectional case. In the bidirectionalization approach, users write the forward direction of their transformations in the same unidirectional language they are used to, and obtain a system that (besides performing the complete forward transformation) can automatically propagate in the backward direction the target updates. When possible, full bidirectionalization is desirable, but far from trivial.

Source: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS)

DOI: 10.1145/3640310.3674083

Authors: Soichiro Hidaka, Massimo Tisi

Institutions: Hosei University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes, IMT Atlantique

Language: English

Topic: Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques

Subfield: Software

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Universitas Brawijaya, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Awards: G1447907091, A study on gradual extension of consistency-preserving interoperable regions based on bidirectional transformations, A Study on interoperable bidirectional graph transformations(Fostering Joint International Research), A Study on Incremental Bidirectionalization of Data Transformations, A Study on interoperable bidirectional graph transformations