EMF-DEVS modeling

  • Authors:
  • Hessam S. Sarjoughian;Abbas Mahmoodi Markid

  • Affiliations:
  • Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona and University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran;University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2012 Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation - DEVS Integrative M&S Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper introduces EMF-DEVS, a meta-modeling approach based on the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and system-theoretic Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS). Generic atomic and coupled EMF-DEVS meta-models are conceptualized and developed. These aid automating basic input/output consistency checking among model components. They provide the basis upon which to develop meta-models for systems that can be expressed in the DEVS formalism. Structural syntax and semantics for generic and domain-specific meta-models are enforced. The Eclipse Java EMF tool transforms the meta-models to their implemented counterparts. Behaviors for a system under consideration can be added to the implementations of the meta-models so that they can be executed in DEVS-Suite, a target simulator that is used in the EMF-DEVS modeling engine. Some observations and future work including how EMF-DEVS meta-modeling can strengthen model verification and simulation validation activities are briefly described.