Reasoning about Metamodeling with Formal Specifications and Automatic Proofs

TitleReasoning about Metamodeling with Formal Specifications and Automatic Proofs
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Conference2011
AuthorsJackson, E. K., T. Levendovszky, and D. Balasubramanian
Conference NameModel Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS)
Series TitleLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume6981
Date Published10/2011
PublisherSpringer
Conference LocationWellington, New Zealand
ISBN978-3-642-24484-1
Abstract

Metamodeling is foundational to many modeling frameworks, and so it is important to formalize and reason about it. Ideally, correctness proofs and test-case generation on the metamodeling framework should be automatic. However, it has yet to be shown that extensive automated reasoning on metamodeling frameworks can be achieved. In this paper we present one approach to this problem: Metamodeling frameworks are specified modularly using algebraic data types and constraint logic programming (CLP). Proofs and test-case generation are encoded as CLP satisfiability problems and automatically solved.