基于进程代数的UML序列图的形式语义

UML序列图用于建模实例间动态交互过程．但UML规范并没有给出其形式化的动态语义,这不利于对模型进行形式化验证和证明。本文把序列图中的事件动作及其执行序列映射为进程代数中的进程表达式,利用进程代数语义框架来构建UML序列图的形式语义。首先,建立了序列图到进程代数的语义映射规则;然后用Plotkin风格的结构化操作语义给出并证明务件组合算子演绎规则;最后,归纳定义了算子次序约束条件并证明了其可终止性。     

一种UML序列图到层次状态图合成方法

UML序列图和状态图从不同侧面简洁、明了地描述了系统的动态行为.层次性状态图有利于提高系统对象的可理解性和可读性.本文提出了一种自动的、递增的多个UML序列图到层次性状态图的合成方法,并集成在Rose工具中.     

带时间约束的UML序列图的分析工具

统一建模语言(UML)是一种多用途的可视化建模语言,它可用于软件系统的规约、可视化的构造和建档.UML序列图描述了交互对象间的协作,如在实时和分布式系统中通讯实体间的信息交互.与其它的规约和设计过程类似,UML序列图的规约也易出错,所以对它进行分析是很有必要的.文章描述了一个对带时间约束的UML序列图进行分析的工具.     

基于事件确定有限自动机的UML2.0 序列图描述与验证

为了确保软件分析与设计阶段UML2.0序列图模型的可靠性,采用命题投影时序逻辑(propositional projection temporal logic,简称PPTL)模型检测方法对该模型进行分析和验证.提出了事件确定有限自动机(event deterministic finite automata,简称ETDFA),并使用该自动机为序列图建立形式化模型,通过给出的基于ETDFA的PPTL模型检测算法得到验证结果.该方法可以在基于Spin的PPTL模型检测器的支持下实现.实例结果表明,该方法可以验证序列图的性质并保证其可靠性.     

基于Petri网的UML形式化建模应用分析

UML是功能强大的图形化建模语言,但存在缺乏精确的语义描述的特点,因此UML形式化研究一直是一个热点。Petri网既有直观的图形表示,又有坚实的数学基础,拥有许多成熟的分析方法可以直接用于分析模型的性能。结合一个图录编纂应用系统,使用基于Petri网的建模方法,对该系统的UML状态图和序列图进行了形式化分析。排除UML模型中的缺陷,在软件设计阶段发现错误,降低软件开发的花销,最终达到提高了软件的质量的目的。     

基于UML序列图的测试方法

提出了一种基于UML序列图的面向对象类簇级测试的方法.这种方法根据序列图进行分析提取类交互信息和用户的输入数据生成测试用例,并根据序列图对代码进行插桩,构造测试模块;最后测试驱动器执行测试模块得到测试结果. 该方法也支持UML2.0 中为序列图添加的新特征.     

UML实时活动图的形式化分析

统一建模语言(UML)自从成为OMG规范后,应用越来越广泛．但UML没有精确的、形式化的语义阻碍了它的进一步发展．该文基于Petri网,给出带时间约束的UML活动图的形式化描述．与Petri网不同的是,Petri网的时间约束是在跃迁(transition)上,而作者将UML活动图的时间约束放在活动状态上,在此基础上,用整型时间的验证技术对实时活动图的时间性质加以分析,为实时系统的建模打下了基础.     

基于UML Statechart语义的测试序列生成方法

UML Statechart是UML的一个主要组成部分,与其他类型的Statechart相比,由于采用事件队列的调度方式,UML Statechart有着更多的不确定性,使得针对UML Statechart 模型的测试非常困难。本文给出了一个形式化的语义模型,并将Stateehart转化为一个比较简单的标志变迁系统,利用路径选择算法得到一个基于标志变迁系统的测试集,然后通过判断得到的测试集中每个测试用例是否满足UML Statechart执行步的语义,从而得到一个满足UML Statechart执行步的语义的、可执行的测试集。     

UML顺序图形式化语义的研究综述

为UML顺序图构建形式化语义,不仅有利于精确描述软件系统的动态交互过程,而且有利于进行基于UML模型的分析和验证,是有效提高软件系统可靠性的重要保障。结合近年来国内外对UML顺序图形式化语义的研究工作,分类阐述了各种方法,综合分析和比较了不同方法的工作机制和优缺点,指出了定义UML顺序图语义时需重点关注的问题。最后,对未来的研究工作与研究思路进行了梳理与展望。     

一种基于UML的软件开发方法

基于UML的软件开发方法－－UMLM是作者针对UML（统一建模语言，Unified Modeling Language）有非专业开发人员的特点提出的。特别适合于一些对软件开发各方法仅有简单了解的非计算机专业人员开发一些实用的小型应用系统。本文通过一个例子说明如何运用UMLM开发应用系统。     

Event-Based Semantics of UML 2.X Concurrent Sequence Diagrams for Formal Verification

UML 2.X sequence diagrams(SD)are among privileged scenarios-based approaches dealing with the complexity of modeling the behaviors of some current systems.However,there are several issues related to the standard semantics of UML 2.X SD proposed by the Object Management Group(OMG).They mainly concern ambiguities of the interpretation of SDs,and the computation of causal relations between events which is not specifically laid out.Moreover,SD is a semi-formal language,and it does not support the verification of the modeled system.This justifies the considerable number of research studies intending to define formal semantics of UML SDs.We proposed in our previous work semantics covering the most popular combined fragments(CF)of control-flow ALT,OPT,LOOP and SEQ,allowing to model alternative,optional,iterative and sequential behaviors respectively.The proposed semantics is based on partial order theory relations that permit the computation of the precedence relations between the events of an SD with nested CFs.We also addressed the issue of the evaluation of the interaction constraint(guard)for guarded CFs,and the related synchronization issue.In this paper,we first extend our semantics,proposed in our previous work;indeed,we propose new rules for the computation of causal relations for SD with PAR and STRICT CFs(dedicated to modeling concurrent and strict behaviors respectively)as well as their nesting.Then,we propose a transformational semantics in Event-B.Our modeling approach emphasizes computation of causal relations,guard handling and transformational semantics into Event-B.The transformation of UML 2.X SD into the formal method Event-B allows us to perform several kinds of verification including simulation,trace acceptance,verification of properties,and verification of refinement relation between SDs.     

基于时序逻辑的UML2.0通信图语义研究

UML2.0通信图可以表示对象之间的交互,很适合用于对系统的交互行为建模,但由于UML缺乏精确语义,使得难以对其所表示的系统行为进行分析和验证.XYZ/E是可执行线性时序逻辑语言,既可描述系统的静态语义和动态语义.在定K.UML2.0通信图的形式化语法的基础上,给出了通信图的XYZ/E时序逻辑语义,为进一步的系统分析和验证提供了形式化基础.     

A measurement method for sizing the structure of UML sequence diagrams

ContextThe COSMIC functional size measurement method on UML diagrams has been investigated as a means to estimate the software effort early in the software development life cycle. Like other functional size measurement methods, the COSMIC method takes into account the data movements in the UML sequence diagrams for example, but does not consider the data manipulations in the control structure. This paper explores software sizing at a finer level of granularity by taking into account the structural aspect of a sequence diagram in order to quantify its structural size. These functional and structural sizes can then be used as distinct independent variables to improve effort estimation models.ObjectiveThe objective is to design an improved measurement of the size of the UML sequence diagrams by taking into account the data manipulations represented by the structure of the sequence diagram, which will be referred to as their structural size.MethodWhile the design of COSMIC defines the functional size of a functional process at a high level of granularity (i.e. the data movements), the structural size of a sequence diagram is defined at a finer level of granularity: the size of the flow graph of their control structure described through the alt, opt and loop constructs. This new measurement method was designed by following the process recommended in Software Metrics and Software Metrology (Abran, 2010).ResultsThe size of sequence diagrams can now be measured from two perspectives, both functional and structural, and at different levels of granularity with distinct measurement units.ConclusionIt is now feasible to measure the size of functional requirements at two levels of granularity: at an abstract level, the software functional size can be measured in terms of COSMIC Function Point (CFP) units; and at a detailed level, the software structural size can be measured in terms of Control Structure Manipulation (CSM) units. These measures represent complementary aspects of software size and can be used as distinct independent variables to improve effort estimation models.     

UML顺序图的结构化操作语义研究

UML顺序图侧重于展示对象之间的消息交互过程,但其动态语义缺乏形式化的描述,不利于对顺序图模型的准确理解和基于该模型的测试用例生成。为此,依据UML1. 5规范,采用BN定义顺序图的形式化语法,提出了活动点的概念;在此基础上,讨论并给出了单个对象执行消息动作的结构化操作语义以及顺序图模型的整体结构化操作语义,为模型检验和基于顺序图的测试用例生成提供了前提。     

基于CSP的OWL-S语义分析与建模

为了实现OWL-S过程模型正确性的自动化验证,提出了基于进程代数CSP的OWL-S过程模型的语义建模方法,建立了CSP的形式化语义模型,并利用该模型为OWL-S过程定义了形式化语义。最后以机票预订为例说明了采用CSP模型为OWL-S过程添加形式化语义的完整流程。由于该方法具备良好的数学基础,所以可以基于该方法开发出自动化验证OWL-S过程模型的工具,提高系统的安全性。     

基于时序描述逻辑的UML顺序图形式化方法

根据统一建模语言(UML)顺霤图的时霤特征,提出一种基于时霤描述逻辑ALCQIUS的UML顺霤图需式化方法。研究ALCQIUS时霤扩展部分的语法和语义、ALCQIUS断言公式集一致霆定理,给出ALCQIUS断言公式集一致霆推理算法,并证明该推理算法的可判定霆。以公安报警系统为例,说明基于ALCQIUS的UML顺霤图需式化规约和需式化验证具备可霂霆,并且ALCQIUS为UML顺霤图需式化提供了合理的逻辑基础。     

Assert and negate revisited: Modal semantics for UML sequence diagrams

Live Sequence Charts (LSC) extend Message Sequence Charts (MSC), mainly by distinguishing possible from necessary behavior. They thus enable the specification of rich multi-modal scenario-based properties, such as mandatory, possible and forbidden scenarios. The sequence diagrams of UML 2.0 enrich those of previous versions of UML by two new operators, assert and negate, for specifying required and forbidden behaviors, which appear to have been inspired by LSC. The UML 2.0 semantics of sequence diagrams, however, being based on pairs of valid and invalid sets of traces, is inadequate, and prevents the new operators from being used effectively. We propose an extension of, and a different semantics for this UML language—Modal Sequence Diagrams (MSD)—based on the universal/existential modal semantics of LSC. In particular, in MSD assert and negate are really modalities, not operators. We define MSD as a UML 2.0 profile, thus paving the way to apply formal verification, synthesis, and scenario-based execution techniques from LSC to the mainstream UML standard. Preliminary version appeared in SCESM '06: Proc. of the 2006 Int. workshop on Scenarios and State Machines, Shanghai, China (May 2006) [15]. This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (grant No.287/02-1), and by The John von Neumann Minerva Center for the Development of Reactive Systems at the Weizmann Institute of Science.     

Towards a Formal Semantics for UML/MARTE State Machines Based on Hierarchical Timed Automata

UML is a widely-used,general purpose modeling language.But its lack of a rigorous semantics forbids the thorough analysis of designed solution,and thus precludes the discovery of significant problems at design time.To bridge the gap,the paper investigates the underlying semantics of UML state machine diagrams,along with the time-related modeling elements of MARTE,the profile for modeling and analysis of real-time embedded systems,and proposes a formal operational semantics based on extended hierarchical timed automata.The approach is exemplified on a simple example taken from the automotive domain.Verification is accomplished by translating designed models into the input language of the UPPAAL model checker.