Title
Feature-based classification of bidirectional transformation approaches
Abstract
Bidirectional model transformation is a key technology in model-driven engineering (MDE), when two models that can change over time have to be kept constantly consistent with each other. While several model transformation tools include at least a partial support to bidirectionality, it is not clear how these bidirectional capabilities relate to each other and to similar classical problems in computer science, from the view update problem in databases to bidirectional graph transformations. This paper tries to clarify and visualize the space of design choices for bidirectional transformations from an MDE point of view, in the form of a feature model. The selected list of existing approaches are characterized by mapping them to the feature model. Then, the feature model is used to highlight some unexplored research lines in bidirectional transformations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/s10270-014-0450-0
Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Bidirectional transformation, Feature model, Domain analysis
Domain analysis,Data mining,Model transformation,Computer science,Theoretical computer science,Feature model,Bidirectional search,Feature based
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
3
1619-1366
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
21
0.62
43
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Soichiro Hidaka118514.89
Massimo Tisi239228.38
Jordi Cabot31677132.70
Zhenjiang Hu4134199.25