Graph Consistency as a Graduated Property

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-51372-6_14zbMATH Open1502.68154arXiv2005.04162OpenAlexW3038101674MaRDI QIDQ5100736FDOQ5100736

Jens Kosiol, Daniel Strüber, Steffen Zschaler, Gabriele Taentzer

Publication date: 1 September 2022

Published in: Graph Transformation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Where graphs are used for modelling and specifying systems, consistency is an important concern. To be a valid model of a system, the graph structure must satisfy a number of constraints. To date, consistency has primarily been viewed as a binary property: a graph either is or is not consistent with respect to a set of graph constraints. This has enabled the definition of notions such as constraint-preserving and constraint-guaranteeing graph transformations. Many practical applications - for example model repair or evolutionary search - implicitly assume a more graduated notion of consistency, but without an explicit formalisation only limited analysis of these applications is possible. In this paper, we introduce an explicit notion of consistency as a graduated property, depending on the number of constraint violations in a graph. We present two new characterisations of transformations (and transformation rules) enabling reasoning about the gradual introduction of consistency: while consistency-sustaining transformations do not decrease the consistency level, consistency-improving transformations strictly reduce the number of constraint violations. We show how these new definitions refine the existing concepts of constraint-preserving and constraint-guaranteeing transformations. To support a static analysis based on our characterisations, we present criteria for deciding which form of consistency ensuring transformations is induced by the application of a transformation rule. We illustrate our contributions in the context of an example from search-based model engineering.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.04162

zbMATH Keywords

evolutionary searchgraph transformation systemsgraph consistencygraph repair

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Grammars and rewriting systems (68Q42)

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• Henshin
• MDEOptimiser

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