Title
Incremental pattern matching for the efficient computation of transitive closure
Abstract
Pattern matching plays a central role in graph transformations as a key technology for computing local contexts in which transformation rules are to be applied. Incremental matching techniques offer a performance advantage over the search-based approach, in a number of scenarios including on-the-fly model synchronization, model simulation, view maintenance, well-formedness checking and state space traversal [1,2]. However, the incremental computation of transitive closure in graph pattern matching has started to be investigated only recently [3]. In this paper, we propose multiple algorithms for the efficient computation of generalized transitive closures. As such, our solutions are capable of computing reachability regions defined by simple graph edges as well as complex binary relationships defined by graph patterns, that may be used in a wide spectrum of modeling problems. We also report on experimental evaluation of our prototypical implementation, carried out within the context of a stochastic system simulation case study.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-33654-6_26
ICGT
Keywords
Field
DocType
generalized transitive closure,model simulation,graph pattern,incremental matching technique,incremental computation,graph transformation,simple graph edge,efficient computation,pattern matching,graph pattern matching,incremental pattern
Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Transitive reduction,Computer science,Theoretical computer science,Reachability,Null graph,Graph rewriting,Transitive closure,Dependency graph,Pattern matching,Voltage graph
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.52
26
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gábor Bergmann140427.09
István Ráth255434.24
Tamás Szabó37712.48
Paolo Torrini41189.95
Dániel Varró51682118.10