Akehurst, DH and Howells, WGJ and Bordbar, B and McDonald-Maier, KD (2008) Maths vs (meta)modelling: Are we reinventing the wheel? In: UNSPECIFIED, ? - ?.
Akehurst, DH and Howells, WGJ and Bordbar, B and McDonald-Maier, KD (2008) Maths vs (meta)modelling: Are we reinventing the wheel? In: UNSPECIFIED, ? - ?.
Akehurst, DH and Howells, WGJ and Bordbar, B and McDonald-Maier, KD (2008) Maths vs (meta)modelling: Are we reinventing the wheel? In: UNSPECIFIED, ? - ?.
Abstract
In the past, specification of languages and data structures has traditionally been formally achieved using mathematical notations. This is very precise and unambiguous, however it does not map easily to modern programming languages and many engineers are put off by mathematical notation. Recent developments in graphical specification of structures, drawing from Object-Oriented programming languages, has lead to the development of Class Diagrams as a well-used means to define data structures. We show in this paper that there are strong parallels between the two techniques, but that also there are some surprising differences!
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Published proceedings: ICSOFT 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Software and Data Technologies |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | theory of metamodelling; formal mathematical analysis |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, School of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2015 16:25 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 20:27 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/6886 |
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