TY  - JOUR
SP  - 45
ID  - eprints151
AV  - public
SN  - 1571-0661
TI  - Hierarchical design rewriting with Maude
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B75H1-4WJB479-4/2/0433f4323a2a553bd49d0575856b572a
A1  - Bruni, Roberto
A1  - Lluch-Lafuente, Alberto
A1  - Montanari, Ugo
Y1  - 2009///
JF  - Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science
KW  - Maude; Rewriting Logic; SOS; Graphs; Software Architectures
N2  - Architectural Design Rewriting (ADR) is a rule-based approach for the design of dynamic software architectures. The key features that make ADR a suitable and expressive framework are the algebraic presentation and the use of conditional rewrite rules. These features enable, e.g. hierarchical (top-down, bottom-up or composition-based) design and inductively-defined reconfigurations. The contribution of this paper is twofold: we define Hierarchical Design Rewriting (HDR) and present our prototypical tool support. HDR is a flavour of ADR that exploits the concept of hierarchical graph to deal with system specifications combining both symbolic and interpreted parts. Our prototypical implementation is based on Maude and its presentation serves several purposes. First, we show that HDR is not only a well-founded formal approach but also a tool-supported framework for the design and analysis of software architectures. Second, our illustration tailored to a particular algebra of designs and a particular scenario traces a general methodology for the reuse and exploitation of ADR concepts in other scenarios.


EP  - 62
PB  - Elsevier
VL  - 238
IS  - 3
ER  -