Towards behavioral consistency in heterogeneous modeling scenarios

TL;DR

This paper proposes a methodology for integrating heterogeneous behavioral models in Model-driven engineering to enable consistency checking across diverse scenarios using model formalism and model-checking techniques.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to align and convert heterogeneous behavioral models into a formalism for comprehensive consistency analysis.

Findings

Effective alignment of behavioral metamodels achieved

Behavioral consistency can be verified using model-checking

Applicable to complex heterogeneous modeling scenarios

Abstract

Behavioral models play an essential role in Model-driven engineering (MDE). Keeping inter-related behavioral models consistent is critical to use them successfully in MDE. However, consistency checking for behavioral models, especially in a heterogeneous scenario, is limited. We propose a methodology to integrate heterogeneous behavioral models to achieve consistency checking in broader scenarios. It is based on aligning the respective behavioral metamodels by defining possible inter-model relations which carry behavioral meaning. Converting the models and their relations to a behavioral formalism enables analysis of global behavioral consistency using model-checking.