Research on Model Transformation Method Oriented to Model Driven ERP System

Abstract:

The model transformation from Computation Independent Model (CIM) to Platform Independent Model (PIM) level is one of the crucial and difficult points in the implementation process of model-driven Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. For achieving the semantic conforming transformation between these two abstract modeling levels in Model Driven Architecture (MDA), a model transformation method based on ontology technology was proposed, which was a semi-automatic and general method. Firstly, the existing problems of model transformation from CIM level to PIM level in current studies were analyzed. Then, a model transformation framework based on ontology was built, the basic concepts relating to ontology were defined, and the whole architecture was described. After that, the transformation method was researched from two parts, the discovering of mapping rules and the occurrence of model transformation, which included the discovering technology of mapping rules based on similarity and the working principles of model transformation generator. Finally, a model transformation example was provided for validating the practicability and feasibility of proposed theories.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 670)
• Pages: 208-215
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.670.208
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Ying Che, G. Wang, M. Lv, B.Y. Ren
• Keywords: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Model Driven Architecture, Model Transformation, Ontology

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