diff --git a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/dse/modeltransformation/deployment/.ratings b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/dse/modeltransformation/deployment/.ratings
index e55b25f7ec9cb315d2e1c1c260556e0b6ace9451..8b0b1f1f414642f87e75fe47cffad2f1c08d488b 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/dse/modeltransformation/deployment/.ratings
+++ b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/dse/modeltransformation/deployment/.ratings
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 DeploymentFinalizer.java ce2c53558f008636c3c9f3bddd8432518c0545f1 RED
 DeploymentInitializer.java e190b0fe5af29c887ed59e011d68cdda5f59cf1d RED
 DeploymentReplicator.java 6877c3626ef0ee56db14b0af8688e7ec107290bb RED
-ExplorationSolutionToDeployment.java 157b59dd1ae63fb4b51738a013945e055bbfaa4f RED
+ExplorationSolutionToDeployment.java 6841d5ada7db04f5e6aa68ae40865a3c958ef643 RED
diff --git a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/dse/modeltransformation/deployment/ExplorationSolutionToDeployment.java b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/dse/modeltransformation/deployment/ExplorationSolutionToDeployment.java
index 21d84f192b21c284ae0b8c1800e149a3772e1db2..1d5c54914de0949ee18830e15021d7970ec1a114 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/dse/modeltransformation/deployment/ExplorationSolutionToDeployment.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/dse/modeltransformation/deployment/ExplorationSolutionToDeployment.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 package org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg.dse.modeltransformation.deployment;
 
-import static org.fortiss.af3.platform.utils.PlatformArchitectureUtils.getPhysicalPlatformArchitecture;
-
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ public class ExplorationSolutionToDeployment extends TransformationStrategyBase<
 			throw new TransformationModuleException(this,
 					"An PlatformArchitecture is required for this module to operate properly.");
 		}
-		getPhysicalPlatformArchitecture(af3PlatformArchitecture);
+		// getPhysicalPlatformArchitecture(af3PlatformArchitecture);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/.ratings b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/.ratings
index e3052f3c43c72aa41865924324cbad7a60d3d5b2..d9ef439a231b0c2e5fd97ec47323af9365c450a7 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/.ratings
+++ b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/.ratings
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-AF3Utils.java 0449890944a45bf8cc1c7ce9a578228ba9b824f8 RED
+AF3Utils.java c48bfa348731c379205d72fbf0380f505e15176d RED
 DesignSpaceExplorationModelElementFactory.java 73368ff5bd5ab3dab10aca6a331e14cbde440f59 RED
 ExplorationAlgDebugUtils.java 06116a61e99717a59b7b01e4e2865bf044a8a0e2 RED
-ExplorationAlgUtils.java 2cf411c8d8404d7319d7bc836dd74b5927375711 RED
+ExplorationAlgUtils.java 3571ce1be1bcc997d800c59e0108544293194e70 RED
 ExplorationEcoreUtils.java 48ed07aec3cd93e66d37abc10d50636d591f1c71 RED
 GraphUtils.java 8b25592f30645f7709af527c72551f038a163833 RED
 TransformationUtils.java 9b424a20d117a601f9c6a4a4a4ee9e4879c29195 YELLOW
diff --git a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/AF3Utils.java b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/AF3Utils.java
index 9525197c8029a8d6da2051877594ef8611bb294f..f372a35e0c0197ba8c18fdef66fe7e5ab468acc0 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/AF3Utils.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/AF3Utils.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import static org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg.dse.sysmodel.arch.IResourceConnect
 import static org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg.dse.sysmodel.arch.IResourceConnectionAdapter.ConnectionType.INCOMING;
 import static org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg.dse.sysmodel.arch.IResourceConnectionAdapter.ConnectionType.OUTGOING;
 import static org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg.util.DesignSpaceExplorationModelElementFactory.createComponentMultiAllocationConstraint;
-import static org.fortiss.af3.platform.utils.PlatformArchitectureUtils.getReferencedElementsWithType;
-import static org.fortiss.af3.platform.utils.PlatformArchitectureUtils.getResourceReferences;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.EcoreUtils.getChildrenWithType;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.EcoreUtils.getParentsWithType;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.KernelModelElementUtils.getParentElement;
@@ -293,16 +291,17 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 			throws InvalidPlatformModelException {
 		// By the method signature, we know the instance type is a IConnector class.
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") ConnectionType connectionTypeSource =
-				systemModelAdapter.getConnectionType(
-						(Class<? extends IConnector>)sourceConnector.eClass().getInstanceClass());
+				systemModelAdapter.getConnectionType((Class<? extends IConnector>)sourceConnector
+						.eClass().getInstanceClass());
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") ConnectionType connectionTypeTarget =
-				systemModelAdapter.getConnectionType(
-						(Class<? extends IConnector>)targetConnector.eClass().getInstanceClass());
+				systemModelAdapter.getConnectionType((Class<? extends IConnector>)targetConnector
+						.eClass().getInstanceClass());
 		// assert (connectionTypeSource != null && connectionTypeTarget != null) :
 		// "Could not identify the type of one of the connection targets.";
 		if((connectionTypeSource == INCOMING && connectionTypeTarget == INCOMING) ||
 				(connectionTypeSource == OUTGOING && connectionTypeTarget == OUTGOING)) {
-			throw new InvalidPlatformModelException((PlatformConnectorUnit)sourceConnector,
+			throw new InvalidPlatformModelException(
+					(PlatformConnectorUnit)sourceConnector,
 					"A platform port or interface (see above) for incoming or outgoing traffic is connected to an port or interface of the same type. This is not allowed.");
 		}
 
@@ -358,8 +357,8 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 			SystemModelAdapter<?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?> systemModelAdapter) {
 		// By the method signature, we know the instance type is a IConnector class.
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") ConnectionType connectionTypeSource =
-				systemModelAdapter.getConnectionType(
-						(Class<? extends IConnector>)sourceConnector.eClass().getInstanceClass());
+				systemModelAdapter.getConnectionType((Class<? extends IConnector>)sourceConnector
+						.eClass().getInstanceClass());
 		return connectionTypeSource != null ? connectionTypeSource : BIDIRECTIONAL;
 	}
 
@@ -367,8 +366,8 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 	 * Predicate whether the subject {@link PlatformConnectorUnit} is a connector of the given
 	 * {@link IModelElementAdapter}.
 	 */
-	public static boolean isConnectorOf(PlatformConnectorUnit pConn,
-			IModelElementAdapter<?> element) {
+	public static boolean
+			isConnectorOf(PlatformConnectorUnit pConn, IModelElementAdapter<?> element) {
 		return pConn.getOwner() == element.getObject();
 	}
 
@@ -387,16 +386,18 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 	 * {@link PlatformConnectorUnit} for the device-internal communication of the given
 	 * {@link IModelElementAdapter}.
 	 */
-	public static boolean isDeviceInternalPredecessor(PlatformConnectorUnit connCandidate,
-			IModelElementAdapter<?> element,
-			DirectedGraph<PlatformConnectorUnit, DefaultEdge> route) {
+	public static boolean
+			isDeviceInternalPredecessor(PlatformConnectorUnit connCandidate,
+					IModelElementAdapter<?> element,
+					DirectedGraph<PlatformConnectorUnit, DefaultEdge> route) {
 		// The following rules apply for device internal communication:
 		// - Sender Port is on the same device OR
 		// - its reference port is one layer "below", e.g. Gateway -> Router AND
 		// - the sender connector must have been traversed (natural for path walking a multicast
 		// message.
-		if(route.containsVertex(connCandidate) && (isConnectorOf(connCandidate, element) ||
-				isContainedInResource(connCandidate, element))) {
+		if(route.containsVertex(connCandidate) &&
+				(isConnectorOf(connCandidate, element) || isContainedInResource(connCandidate,
+						element))) {
 			return true;
 		}
 		return false;
@@ -454,12 +455,9 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 	 * Checks whether any parent {@link IPlatformResource} of the given {@code element} is a
 	 * deployment target defined by the set of deployment targets ({@code deploymentTargets}).
 	 * If any parent element has been found that is a deployment target, {@code true} is returned.
-	 * The method considers parents in the following order:
-	 * <li>Check the direct parent (container).
-	 * </li>
-	 * <li>Check all referenced resources as defined in the {@link ResourceLink} annotation.</li>
-	 * <li>Go to the parent resource and run the same checks.</li>
-	 * <li>Run the above checks for all
+	 * The method considers parents in the following order: <li>Check the direct parent (container).
+	 * </li> <li>Check all referenced resources as defined in the {@link ResourceLink} annotation.</li>
+	 * <li>Go to the parent resource and run the same checks.</li> <li>Run the above checks for all
 	 * references Resources as given by the {@link ResourceLink} annotations.</>
 	 * 
 	 * @param element
@@ -476,7 +474,8 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		List<IPlatformResource> resRefs = getResourceReferences((IModelElement)element);
+		// TODO: Replace by Allocation Model
+		List<IPlatformResource> resRefs = null; // = getResourceReferences((IModelElement)element);
 
 		if(deploymentTargets.contains(parent)) {
 			return true;
@@ -507,8 +506,8 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 	public static <T extends IPlatformResource & IHierarchicElement> boolean
 			isAnyChildDeploymentTarget(IPlatformResource element, Collection<T> deploymentTargets,
 					Class<T> targetType) {
-		return getChildrenWithType(element, targetType).stream()
-				.anyMatch(child -> deploymentTargets.contains(child));
+		return getChildrenWithType(element, targetType).stream().anyMatch(
+				child -> deploymentTargets.contains(child));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -522,9 +521,11 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 	 *            thereby establish a "communication link" between both platforms.
 	 * @return Map representing the "inverse" 1:1 references of {@link ResourceLink}s.
 	 */
-	public static Map<IModelElement, IModelElement> getInverseIntraPlatformReferences(
-			PlatformArchitecture referencingPlatformArchitecture,
-			Pair<Class<? extends IModelElement>, Class<? extends IModelElement>> interPlatformConnectingElements) {
+	public static
+			Map<IModelElement, IModelElement>
+			getInverseIntraPlatformReferences(
+					PlatformArchitecture referencingPlatformArchitecture,
+					Pair<Class<? extends IModelElement>, Class<? extends IModelElement>> interPlatformConnectingElements) {
 		if(interPlatformConnectingElements == null) {
 			return Collections.emptyMap();
 		}
@@ -534,10 +535,12 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 
 		for(IModelElement referencingElement : getChildrenWithType(referencingPlatformArchitecture,
 				interPlatformConnectingElements.getFirst())) {
-			for(IModelElement referencedElement : getReferencedElementsWithType(referencingElement,
-					interPlatformConnectingElements.getSecond())) {
-				invElementReferences.put(referencedElement, referencingElement);
-			}
+			// TODO: Replace by Allocation Model
+			// for(IModelElement referencedElement :
+			// getReferencedElementsWithType(referencingElement,
+			// interPlatformConnectingElements.getSecond())) {
+			// invElementReferences.put(referencedElement, referencingElement);
+			// }
 		}
 
 		return invElementReferences;
@@ -577,12 +580,12 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 	 * @return Set of {@link ComponentMultiAllocationConstraint}s with the same references as the
 	 *         {@link ComponentAllocation}s.
 	 */
-	public static Collection<ComponentMultiAllocationConstraint>
-			createConstraintsFromDeployment(Deployment deployment) {
+	public static Collection<ComponentMultiAllocationConstraint> createConstraintsFromDeployment(
+			Deployment deployment) {
 		Collection<ComponentAllocation> allocatedComponents = deployment.getComponentAllocations();
 		Function<ComponentAllocation, ComponentMultiAllocationConstraint> mapper =
-				ca -> createComponentMultiAllocationConstraint(ca.getComponent(),
-						new BasicEList<>(Arrays.asList(ca.getExecutionUnit())));
+				ca -> createComponentMultiAllocationConstraint(ca.getComponent(), new BasicEList<>(
+						Arrays.asList(ca.getExecutionUnit())));
 		return allocatedComponents.stream().map(mapper)
 				.map(ComponentMultiAllocationConstraint.class::cast).collect(Collectors.toList());
 	}
@@ -600,8 +603,10 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 	 * @return The {@link ComponentArchitecture} identified as the <i>Component Pool</i> or
 	 *         {@code null} if none is found.
 	 */
-	public static ComponentArchitecture getFirstComponentPool(
-			IMappingEncoding<ITaskAdapter<?>, IResourceAdapter<?>, IMappingEntry<ITaskAdapter<?>, IResourceAdapter<?>>> mapping) {
+	public static
+			ComponentArchitecture
+			getFirstComponentPool(
+					IMappingEncoding<ITaskAdapter<?>, IResourceAdapter<?>, IMappingEntry<ITaskAdapter<?>, IResourceAdapter<?>>> mapping) {
 		for(ITaskAdapter<?> deployableComponent : mapping.getRequesters()) {
 			if(deployableComponent.isInstantiation()) {
 				// TODO: Avoid casting: Parameterize the IModelElementAdapter to use EObject-derived
@@ -691,8 +696,9 @@ public class AF3Utils {
 		EList<Component> parentElements = getParentsWithType(startElement, Component.class);
 
 		for(Component parentComponent : parentElements) {
-			AbstractTaskMappingEntry entry = (AbstractTaskMappingEntry)encEntryModelElemAssoc
-					.inverse().get(parentComponent, AbstractTaskMappingEntry.class);
+			AbstractTaskMappingEntry entry =
+					(AbstractTaskMappingEntry)encEntryModelElemAssoc.inverse().get(parentComponent,
+							AbstractTaskMappingEntry.class);
 			if(entry != null) {
 				return true;
 			}
diff --git a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/ExplorationAlgUtils.java b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/ExplorationAlgUtils.java
index 57a4e10ca94ea411ca0155cab3cef3d12bce6e56..3ae0811b433c0be37af094086aff720cb42ea862 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/ExplorationAlgUtils.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg/trunk/src/org/fortiss/af3/exploration/alg/util/ExplorationAlgUtils.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg.util;
 
 import static org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil.getAllContents;
 import static org.fortiss.af3.exploration.alg.util.AF3Utils.isAnyParentDeploymentTarget;
-import static org.fortiss.af3.platform.utils.PlatformArchitectureUtils.getReferencedElementsWithType;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.EcoreUtils.getChildrenWithType;
 import static org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.utils.EcoreUtils.getParentsWithType;
 
@@ -51,10 +50,8 @@ import org.fortiss.af3.exploration.model.ExplorationTarget;
 import org.fortiss.af3.exploration.model.IProblemDimension;
 import org.fortiss.af3.platform.model.IPlatformResource;
 import org.fortiss.af3.platform.model.IVirtualizationPlatformArchitectureElement;
-import org.fortiss.af3.platform.utils.PlatformArchitectureUtils;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.model.element.IHierarchicElement;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.base.model.element.IHierarchicElementContainer;
-import org.fortiss.tooling.base.model.element.IModelElement;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 
@@ -405,8 +402,9 @@ public class ExplorationAlgUtils {
 
 		Collection<IPlatformResource> virtualizedResources = new HashSet<IPlatformResource>();
 		for(IVirtualizationPlatformArchitectureElement currentVirtualizationProvider : virtualizationProviders) {
-			virtualizedResources.addAll(PlatformArchitectureUtils
-					.getResourceReferences((IModelElement)currentVirtualizationProvider));
+			// TODO: Replace by Allocation Model
+			// virtualizedResources.addAll(PlatformArchitectureUtils
+			// .getResourceReferences((IModelElement)currentVirtualizationProvider));
 		}
 
 		return (Collections.disjoint(selfAndParentElements, virtualizedResources)) ? false : true;
@@ -446,10 +444,12 @@ public class ExplorationAlgUtils {
 	public static boolean haveSameParentHardwareElement(IHierarchicElement elementA,
 			IHierarchicElement elementB,
 			Collection<IVirtualizationPlatformArchitectureElement> virtualizationProviders) {
-		List<IHierarchicElement> refA =
-				getReferencedElementsWithType(elementA, IHierarchicElement.class);
-		List<IHierarchicElement> refB =
-				getReferencedElementsWithType(elementB, IHierarchicElement.class);
+		List<IHierarchicElement> refA = null;
+		// TODO: Replace by Allocation Model
+		// getReferencedElementsWithType(elementA, IHierarchicElement.class);
+		List<IHierarchicElement> refB = null;
+		// TODO: Replace by Allocation Model
+		// getReferencedElementsWithType(elementB, IHierarchicElement.class);
 		if(refA.size() < 1 || refB.size() < 1) {
 			return false;
 		}