Proceedings Graphs as Models

TL;DR

This volume presents research from the Graphs as Models workshop, focusing on graph analysis, inspection, and transformation techniques across various computer science domains, highlighting recent advances and diverse applications.

Contribution

It consolidates research from multiple areas on graph techniques, integrating insights from two established workshops to promote broader exploration of graph-based modeling.

Findings

Diverse applications of graphs in modeling and analysis.

Successful integration of two workshop series to foster research.

Acceptance of 9 out of 15 submissions indicates active interest.

Abstract

This volume contains the proceedings of the (first) Graphs as Models (GaM) 2015 workshop, held on 10-11 April 2015 in London, U.K., as a satellite workshop of ETAPS 2015, the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. This new workshop combines the strengths of two pre-existing workshop series: GT-VMT (Graph Transformation and Visual Modelling Techniques) and GRAPHITE (Graph Inspection and Traversal Engineering). Graphs are used as models in all areas of computer science: examples are state space graphs, control flow graphs, syntax graphs, UML-type models of all kinds, network layouts, social networks, dependency graphs, and so forth. Used to model a particular phenomenon or process, graphs are then typically analysed to find out properties of the modelled subject, or transformed to construct other types of models. The workshop aimed at attracting and stimulating research on the techniques for graph analysis, inspection and transformation, on a general level rather than in any specific domain. In total, we received 15 submissions covering several different areas. Of these 15 submissions, nine were eventually accepted and appear in this volume.