A Conceptual Approach to Modeling Model Driven Development Processes

Many model driven software development (MDSD) processes take the form of the integration of several development techniques or approaches. However comparing, selecting, and composing of them usually go implicitly lacking systemic guidelines. In this paper a conceptual approach for MDSD process frameworks modeling is proposed. Taking three inter-discipline concepts, abstraction, generality, and behaviorism that are fundamental to mathematics, philosophy as well as computer science as comparison dimensions, development techniques are compared in both static and dynamic facets of MDSD processes. An experimental method for composing them into development process frameworks is also given. This work potentially will be beneficial to meet nonfunctional software performance requirements on MDSD processes such as improving efficiency, traceability, and ensuring consistency etc.