One of the more tedious and complex tasks during the specification of conceptual schemas (CSs) is modeling the operations that define the system behavior. This paper aims to simpl...
Abstract: Model based development, like proposed by the OMG’s Model Driven Arre (MDA), aims to raise the level of abstraction from working on the code to working with models. For...
We have recently shown how use cases can be systematically transformed into UML state charts considering all relevant information from a use case specification, including pre- and ...
Service-oriented grids are grid computing systems built with the notion of service-oriented architecture (SOA). Using two maract concepts, services and connections between service...
Software-intensive systems evolve continuously under the pressure of new and changing requirements, generally leading to an increase in overall system complexity. In this respect,...