• DocumentCode
    632450
  • Title

    DECS, a meta-CASE tool with visually-oriented constraint definition features

  • Author

    Qattous, Hazem ; Gray, P. ; Welland, Ray

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Appl. Sci. Univ., Amman, Jordan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    27-28 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    256
  • Lastpage
    259
  • Abstract
    DECS is a meta-CASE tool that generates interactive software design diagram editors based on specifications provided by a tool designer. A specification consists of a set of editor element types (vertices, edges) plus constraints on the use of those types. We present visually-oriented techniques for constraint definition and the language used for this purpose. We argue that the DECS approach offers flexibility and reduces the complexity of the constraint specification task.
  • Keywords
    formal specification; software tools; visual programming; DECS meta-CASE tool; constraint definition; constraint specification task; diagram editor constraints system; editor element type; interactive software design diagram editor; tool designer specification; visually-oriented constraint definition feature; Complexity theory; Filling; Information technology; Programming; Software; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT), 2013 5th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Amman
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSIT.2013.6588789
  • Filename
    6588789