A Tool for Generating Model Transformations By-Example in Multi-Agent Systems

Abstract Many Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) methodologies incorporate a modeldriven approach. Model Driven Engineering is based on three main ideas: models are the “first-class citizens”, meta-models define modelling languages that are used to specify models and models are transformed during the development. However, model transformation is still a challenging issue in MAS. At first, MAS designers are not necessarily familiar with existing model transformation languages or tools. Secondly, existing tools for creating model transformations do not satisfy the necessities of agent-oriented software engineering, since they focused on coding with little support for developers. This paper proposes a tool for the creation of model transformations that is based on the generation of model transformations byexample. This tool overcomes the limitations of other similar tools in the sense that it can generate many-to-many transformation rules. The tool application is exemplified with two MAS m...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: PAAMS
• Authors: Iván García-Magariño, Sylvain Rougemaille, Rubén Fuentes-Fernández, Frédéric Migeon, Marie Pierre Gleizes, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz
• Keywords: Intelligent Agents, Model Driven Engineering, Model Transformation Languages, Model Transformations, PAAMS 2009