: Though it is widely recognized that object-oriented methodologies are most effective in developing large scale software, it is still dif cult to apply high level computer support...
In this paper we provide a systematic formal interpretation for most elements of the UML notation. This interpretation, in a structured temporal logic, enables precise analysis of...
Complex software systems possess concurrent and reactive behaviors requiring precise specifications prior to development. Lamport's transition axiom method is a formal specif...
Jagadish Suryadevara, Lawrence Chung, R. K. Shyama...
The Unified Modeling Language is extensible, and so can be regarded as a family of languages. Implicitly or explicitly, any particular UML model should be accompanied by a definit...
Steve Cook, Anneke Kleppe, Jos Warmer, Richard Mit...
: There are several reasons to specify UML models in a formal way The most important are to avoid inconsistencies and ambiguities and to do verification and forecasting of system p...