A modeling language to model mitigation in emergency response environments

Abstract

A modeling language is a way to describe syntax, semantic, and constraints needed for creating models. Defining a Domain Specific Modeling Language (DSML) instead of suing a general-purpose one, increases the productivity of the developer as well as the quality of the resulted model. In this paper, we proposed a DSML for the Mitigation phase of Emergency Response Environments (EREs). We extended the TAO framework based on the TAO provided textual patterns. This paper also involves extending MAS-ML to support the modeling of EREs Mitigation phase. To evaluate this work, a case study is modeled with the proposed modeling language. Higher abstraction level, less effort, and faster development process are results of the proposed modeling language. © 2014 IEEE.