Dynamic Models – The MetaMorph Formalism and Model-Operations

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Abstract

Models unfolding their full power are not static but dynamic, interactive artifacts. Mature modeling methods offer means to operationalize models, amplifying their value beyond mere visualizations. Nevertheless, operations on models are regularly not an integral part of the language specification, even less an object of formalization. In this approach, we demonstrate how to capture the core concepts of operations on models in our formalism MetaMorph to allow for an extension of the formal definition of a language’s syntax with a precise but platform-independent specification of language functionality. We understand as a model a series of model states that flow into one another through the interaction of the modeler and provided operations. Thereby, we distinguish structural events for the basic changes and domain events for the semantic-aware operations on models, as well as model operations in the creation phase and the operationalization phase of a model. To examine our considerations on an example, we employ ProVis, a modeling method for stochastic education.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Practice of Enterprise Modeling
Subtitle of host publication15th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference, PoEM 2022, London, UK, November 23–25, 2022, Proceedings
EditorsBalbir S. Barn, Kurt Sandkuhl
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages151-166
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-21488-2
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-21487-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event15th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modelling - Middlesex University London, London, United Kingdom
Duration: 23 Nov 202225 Nov 2022
Conference number: 15
https://poem2022.mdx.ac.uk/

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume456
ISSN1865-1348

Conference

Conference15th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modelling
Abbreviated titlePoEM
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period23/11/2225/11/22
Internet address

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 102028 Knowledge engineering

Keywords

  • Conceptual modeling
  • Dynamic models
  • Formalization
  • Metamodeling
  • MetaMorph
  • Model operations

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