Composing aspect models with graph transformations

This paper presents a new method for composing aspect models. The method is based on the use of a UML-based aspect modeling language to precisely and graphically specify model--level aspects and the use of graph transformations to define how aspects should be composed and to apply those compositions. The result is a method for representing and composing aspect-oriented models that is both scalable and expressive. The work is validated on an air traffic control example based on a NASA application.

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