@article {10001634720141101, title = {A Graph Based Approach to Trace Models Composition.}, journal = {Journal of Software (1796217X)}, volume = {9}, number = {11}, year = {2014}, pages = {2813 - 2822}, abstract = {A model driven engineering process involves different and heterogeneous models that represent various perspectives of the system under development. The model composition operation allows combining those sub-models into an integrated view, but remains a tedious activity. For that, traceability information must be maintained to comprehend the composition effects and better manage the operation itself. Against this context, the current paper describes a framework for model composition traceability. We consider the traces generation concern as a crosscutting concern where the weaving mechanism is performed using graph transformations. A composition specification case study is presented to illustrate our contribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]}, keywords = {aspect oriented modeling, Computer engineering, Computer simulation, Graph theory, graph transformation, Heterogeneous computing, Information theory, model composition, model transformation, traceability}, issn = {1796217X}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=iih\&AN=100016347\&site=ehost-live}, author = {Laghouaouta, Youness and Anwar, Adil and Nassar, Mahmoud and Coulette, Bernard} }