Citation
Matthew Emerson, Sandeep Neema, Janos Sztipanovits. "Handbook of Real-Time and Embedded Systems". Insup Lee, Joseph Leung, Sang H. Son (eds.), CRC Press, 2006; ISBN: 1584886781.

Abstract
Model-Integrated Computing, one practical manifestation of OMG’s Model Driven Architecture, advocates the development of domain specific modeling languages for system design, specification, and analysis. Recent years have seen a variety of new tools and metamodeling languages which support MIC-style model-based design, including the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and the Microsoft Domain-Specific Languages (DSL) tools. This situation introduces new challenges for system designers, including the challenge of deciding which tool and language to adopt for a particular project. This paper provides two contributions to the research on model-based design. First, we provide a technical comparison of three modeling languages and their supporting tools: GME’s MetaGME, EMF’s Ecore, and Microsoft’s developing Domain Model Designer language. Through this comparison we show that the consequences of choosing one metamodeling language over another are non-critical for language specification, since all of the metamodeling languages support the same fundamental language design concepts. Second, we generalize previous work to outline a set of tools and procedures which may be used to adapt an existing metaprogrammable tool suite to support new metamodeling languages while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing tools and models.

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  Matthew Emerson, Sandeep Neema, Janos Sztipanovits.
  "Handbook of Real-Time and Embedded Systems".
  Insup Lee, Joseph Leung, Sang H. Son (eds.), CRC Press,
  2006; ISBN: 1584886781.

• BibTeX

  @inbook{EmersonNeemaSztipanovits06_HandbookOfRealTimeEmbeddedSystems,
      author = {Matthew Emerson and Sandeep Neema and Janos
                Sztipanovits},
      editor = {Insup Lee, Joseph Leung, Sang H. Son},
      title = {Handbook of Real-Time and Embedded Systems},
      publisher = {CRC Press},
      year = {2006},
      note = {ISBN: 1584886781},
      abstract = {Model-Integrated Computing, one practical
                manifestation of OMG’s Model Driven
                Architecture, advocates the development of domain
                specific modeling languages for system design,
                specification, and analysis. Recent years have
                seen a variety of new tools and metamodeling
                languages which support MIC-style model-based
                design, including the Eclipse Modeling Framework
                (EMF) and the Microsoft Domain-Specific Languages
                (DSL) tools. This situation introduces new
                challenges for system designers, including the
                challenge of deciding which tool and language to
                adopt for a particular project. This paper
                provides two contributions to the research on
                model-based design. First, we provide a technical
                comparison of three modeling languages and their
                supporting tools: GME’s MetaGME, EMF’s Ecore,
                and Microsoft’s developing Domain Model Designer
                language. Through this comparison we show that the
                consequences of choosing one metamodeling language
                over another are non-critical for language
                specification, since all of the metamodeling
                languages support the same fundamental language
                design concepts. Second, we generalize previous
                work to outline a set of tools and procedures
                which may be used to adapt an existing
                metaprogrammable tool suite to support new
                metamodeling languages while maintaining backwards
                compatibility with existing tools and models. },
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/283.html}
  }
  

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