Design format transformations
Abstract
This thesis investigates the use of transformations among design formats as a basis for building a multi-representation design environment. It describes an approach based on the notion of an internal representation (IR) that is the synthesis of all the structures present in the different design representations. These formats correspond to views that can be extracted from the common IR via some translation functions. This thesis contains a description of the contents and structure of the IR, as well as techniques for performing the transformations independently of the actual formats involved. It also provides the details of a tool that facilitates the transformations in existing software engineering environments, along with guidelines for using it.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Dunsmore, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Computer science
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