Bridging Proprietary Modelling and Open-Source Model Management Tools: The Case of PTC Integrity Modeller and Epsilon

Athanasios Zolotas; Horacio Hoyos Rodriguez; Dimitrios S. Kolovos; Richard F. Paige; Stuart Hutchesson

doi:10.1109/MODELS.2017.18

Bridging Proprietary Modelling and Open-Source Model Management Tools: The Case of PTC Integrity Modeller and Epsilon

Athanasios Zolotas, Horacio Hoyos Rodriguez, Dimitrios S. Kolovos, Richard F. Paige, Stuart Hutchesson

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While the majority of research on Model-Based Software Engineering revolves around open-source modelling frameworks such as EMF, the use of commercial and closed-source modelling tools such as RSA, Rhapsody, MagicDraw and PTC Integrity Modeller appears to be the norm in industry at present. This technical gap can prohibit industrial users from reaping the benefits of state-of-the-art research-based tools in their practice. In this paper, we discuss an attempt to bridge a proprietary UML modelling tool (PTC Integrity Modeller), which is used for model-based development of safety-critical systems at Rolls-Royce, with an open-source family of languages for automated model management (Epsilon). We present the architecture of our solution, the challenges we encountered in developing it, and a performance comparison against the tool's built-in scripting interface.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - ACM/IEEE 20th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2017
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	237-247
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538634929
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MODELS.2017.18
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 2017
Event	20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2017 - Austin, United States Duration: 17 Sept 2017 → 22 Sept 2017

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Conference	20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	17/09/17 → 22/09/17

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Zolotas, A., Rodriguez, H. H., Kolovos, D. S., Paige, R. F., & Hutchesson, S. (2017). Bridging Proprietary Modelling and Open-Source Model Management Tools: The Case of PTC Integrity Modeller and Epsilon. In Proceedings - ACM/IEEE 20th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2017 (pp. 237-247). Article 8101270 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/MODELS.2017.18

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