Andreas Petter

Solving Constraints in Model Transformations

Constraint programming holds many promises for model driven software development (MDSD). Up to now, constraints have only started to appear in MDSD modeling languages, but have not been properly reflected in model transformation. This paper introduces constraint programming in model transformation, shows how constraint programming integrates with QVT Relations - as a pathway to wide spread use of our approach - and describes the corresponding model transformation engine. In particular, the paper will illustrate the use of constraint programming for the specification of attribute values in target models, and provide a qualitative evaluation of the benefit drawn from constraints integrated with QVT Relations.

Usability Aware Model Driven Development of User Interfaces

We propose an approach how to develop and integrate usability metrics in (multimodal) dialog systems and user interfaces with Model Driven Software Development (MDSD). It enables the developer to start early with simple metrics and allows him to refine them during the ongoing work. Additionally, we show how the resulting metrics can be used to estimate the usability in advance, so that the developer may care about critical parts of the application before testing it.

Preface to MDSE4AmI 2007

The implementation of AmI applications is a task of tremendous complexity requiring the seamless integration of heterogeneous systems in an open and flexible way while providing the means for adaptivity and context-awareness. Ubiquitous devices have to cooperate to realize smart environments, multimodal user interfaces have to adapt to the available modalities for interaction and context information has to be taken into account. Therefore, new engineering approaches are needed in order to facilitate efficient design, development and deployment of AmI applications.