Sciweavers

JUCS
2008

Formal Action Semantics for a UML Action Language

13 years 3 months ago
Formal Action Semantics for a UML Action Language
Abstract: The abstract syntax and static semantics of UML, the widely-used generalpurpose graphical modeling language, have been standardized in a four-layer metamodeling framework. However UML's dynamic semantics, such as UML Precise Action Semantics and the behaviors like activities, interactions and state machines, are only standardized in a natural language--English. It is commonly argued that such informal description inevitably involves ambiguities and lacks rigorousness, precluding the early simulation and reasoning about a UML system design. Here we select Action Semantics (AS) as the vehicle to formalize UML. AS is a mature semantics description framework which has advantages of intelligibility, modularity and practicability. In our approach, we formalize UML indirectly by formalizing its textual correspondent--an extended Action Language, which plays a key role as the interface between UML and its action semantics. Key Words: Action Semantics, formal semantics, action la...
Mikai Yang, Greg J. Michaelson, Rob Pooley
Added 13 Dec 2010
Updated 13 Dec 2010
Type Journal
Year 2008
Where JUCS
Authors Mikai Yang, Greg J. Michaelson, Rob Pooley
Comments (0)