In this paper, we introduce the Modelverse, a metamodelling framework and model repository. It clearly distinguishes and supports physical and linguistic conformance relations and allows for deep characterization and deep instantiation using potency. We introduce language fragments, which are reusable pieces of a language definition, consisting of an abstract syntax definition, as well as the d...

in the future, competitive advantages will be given to organisations that can extract valuable information from massive data and make better decisions. in most cases, this data comes from multiple sources. therefore, the challenge is to aggregate them into a common framework in order to make them meaningful and useful.this paper will first review the most important multi-criteria decision analy...

This paper proposes a Multi-Paradigm approach to the modelling of complex systems. The approach consists of the combination of meta-modelling, multi-formalism modelling, and modelling at multiple levels of abstraction. We implement these concepts in AToM, A Tool for Multi-formalism, Meta-Modelling. In AToM, modelling formalisms are modelled in their own right at a meta-level within an appropria...

0038-1101/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.sse.2009.08.004 * Corresponding author. Address: University of Nott 2RD Nottingham, UK. Tel.: +44 (0) 115 951 5568; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] iis.ee.ethz.ch (M. Ciappa). 1 ETZ HJ81, Gloriastr. 35, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. T 44 632 1194. To satisfy the design and optimization needs of increasing power d...

This conceptual paper discusses the limitations of a single-perspective hierarchical approach to modelling and proposes multi-perspective modelling as a way to overcome them. As it turns out, multi-perspective modelling is primarily a new methodology, using existing modelling techniques but extending the modelling hierarchy with a new epistemological level which integrates the different perspec...

Multi-level modelling is currently regaining attention in the database and software engineering community with different emerging proposals and implementations. One driver behind this trend is to reduce model complexity, a crucial aspect in a time of big data research in which more and more data from different sources are required to be integrated. From our experience, multi-level modelling als...