Modeling language
artificial language that can be used to express information or knowledge or systems in a structure that is defined by a consistent set of rules
A modeling language is a notation for expressing data, information or knowledge or systems in a structure that is defined by a consistent set of rules.
A modeling language can be graphical or textual. A graphical modeling language uses a diagramming technique with named symbols that represent concepts and lines that connect the symbols and represent relationships and various other graphical notation to represent constraints. A textual modeling language may use standardized keywords accompanied by parameters or natural language terms and phrases to make computer-interpretable expressions. An example of a graphical modeling language and a corresponding textual modeling language is EXPRESS.
Not all modeling languages are executable, and for those that are, the use of them doesn't necessarily mean that programmers are no longer required. On the contrary, executable modeling languages are intended to amplify the productivity of skilled programmers, so that they can address more challenging problems, such as parallel computing and distributed systems.
A large number of modeling languages appear in the literature.
Type of modeling languages
Graphical types
Example of graphical modeling languages in the field of computer science, project management and systems engineering:
Behavior Trees are a formal, graphical modeling language used primarily in systems and software engineering. Commonly used to unambiguously represent the hundreds or even thousands of natural language requirements that are typically used to express the stakeholder needs for a large-scale software-integrated system.
Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN, and the XML form BPML) is an example of a Process Modeling language.
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