Executable UML allows precisely describing the softtem at a higher level of abstraction. It bridges the semantics gap between the UML design models and the implementation. The exe...
The UML lacks precise and formal foundations for several constructs such as transition guards or method bodies, for which it resorts to semantic loopholes in the form of “uninter...
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...
—In this paper, we present a UML metamodel-based approach for creating and executing workflow models. The modeling language is introduced through its abstract syntax, and an eval...
The UML's Object Constraint Language provides the modeller of object-oriented systems with ways to express the semantics of a model in a precise and declarative manner. The co...