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Functorial Model Management

Part of: ICT for Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Spencer Breiner ,
Blake Pollard  and
Eswaran Subrahmanian
Spencer Breiner*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST);
Blake Pollard
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Carnegie Mellon University
Eswaran Subrahmanian
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Carnegie Mellon University
*
Contact: Breiner, Spencer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Information Technology Lab, United States of America, spencer.breiner@nist.gov

Abstract

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In this paper we use formal tools from category theory to develop a foundation for creating and managing models in systems where knowledge is distributed across multiple representations and formats. We define a class of models which incorporate three different representations---computations, logical semantics, and data--as well as model mappings (functors) to establish relationships between them. We prove that our models support model merge operations called colimits and use these to define a methodology for model integration.

Keywords

Semantic data processingSystems Engineering (SE)Information managementModel managementData integration

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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 1963 - 1972
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