Metamodeling

"Meta model" redirects here. For other uses, see Meta model (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Surrogate model.

Example of a Geologic map information meta-model, with four types of meta-objects, and their self-references.[1]

A metamodel is a model of a model, and metamodeling is the process of generating such metamodels. Thus metamodeling or meta-modeling is the analysis, construction, and development of the frames, rules, constraints, models, and theories applicable and useful for modeling a predefined class of problems. As its name implies, this concept applies the notions of meta- and modeling in software engineering and systems engineering. Metamodels are of many types and have diverse applications.[2]

  1. ^ David R. Soller et al. (2001) Progress Report on the National Geologic Map Database, Phase 3: An Online Database of Map Information Digital Mapping Techniques '01 -- Workshop Proceedings U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-223.
  2. ^ Saraju Mohanty, Chapter 12 Metamodel-Based Fast AMS-SoC Design Methodologies, "Nanoelectronic Mixed-Signal System Design", ISBN 978-0071825719 and 0071825711, 1st Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2015.