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Model transformation has applications in many areas and usually is to preserve certain properties. In model-driven software development, e.g., abstract models are transformed into more specific ones while preserving the behavior of the overall specified system. In this paper we demonstrate how constraint-based preservation, which we have initially developed in the context of digital archiving, can be applied to systems specification. We demonstrate how our approach helps to preserve communication flows inside a component-based system. In particular, formal preservation constraints allow us to prove invariance of certain significant properties of a component interaction specification if the transformation process adheres to a given set of such constraints.
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Triebsees, T., Borghoff, U.M. (2007). Towards Constraint-Based Preservation in Systems Specification. In: Moreno Díaz, R., Pichler, F., Quesada Arencibia, A. (eds) Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2007. EUROCAST 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4739. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75867-9_112
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