CHECKING BEHAVIOURAL CONSISTENCY OF UML-RT MODELS THROUGH TRACE-BASED SEMANTICS

Luis E. Mendoza Morales, Manuel I. Capel Tuñón, Kawtar Benghazi Akhlaki

2007

Abstract

Starting from a methodological approach intended to obtain a correct system specification in CSP+T from a UML–RT model of an RTS, we develop now a systematic procedure to check whether the obtained design is consistent with other views of the same system, such as the ones given by class, composite structure and state machines diagrams. To achieve this objective, a formal semantics of the notational elements of UML–RT according to CSP+T process terms is presented, which guarantees that system requirements are preserved from their initial UML–RT modelling to the final system implementation. As a consequence, the formal support given by the compositional refinement of CSP+T process terms will allow performing the system’s software compositional verification. In addition, the derived formal semantic definitions are applied to the Production Cell case study.

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E. Mendoza Morales L., I. Capel Tuñón M. and Benghazi Akhlaki K. (2007). CHECKING BEHAVIOURAL CONSISTENCY OF UML-RT MODELS THROUGH TRACE-BASED SEMANTICS . In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-972-8865-90-0, pages 205-211. DOI: 10.5220/0002395102050211


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@conference{iceis07,
author={Luis E. Mendoza Morales and Manuel I. Capel Tuñón and Kawtar Benghazi Akhlaki},
title={CHECKING BEHAVIOURAL CONSISTENCY OF UML-RT MODELS THROUGH TRACE-BASED SEMANTICS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2007},
pages={205-211},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002395102050211},
isbn={978-972-8865-90-0},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - CHECKING BEHAVIOURAL CONSISTENCY OF UML-RT MODELS THROUGH TRACE-BASED SEMANTICS
SN - 978-972-8865-90-0
AU - E. Mendoza Morales L.
AU - I. Capel Tuñón M.
AU - Benghazi Akhlaki K.
PY - 2007
SP - 205
EP - 211
DO - 10.5220/0002395102050211