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This paper presents the specification of an Is_A hierarchies reorganization method, called REORG, with a process modeling language called MAP. REORG proposes two complementary mechanisms: the splitting and the restructuring mechanisms. The first one derives Is_A hierarchies concealed in existing entities. The second one performs grouping of existing entities without losing the inheritance semantics by introducing several types of constraints. MAP is a process modeling language that provides a formalism combining visual facilities and formal descriptions of information systems processes. The specification of REORG with MAP supplies a process model, which makes explicit modeling practices and then allows the integration of these practices into any CASE tool.
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Cherfi, S.SS., Lammari, N. (2002). Towards an Assisted Reorganization of Is_A Hierarchies. In: Bellahsène, Z., Patel, D., Rolland, C. (eds) Object-Oriented Information Systems. OOIS 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2425. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46102-7_55
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