Extending Causal Semantics of UML2.0 Sequence Diagram for Distributed Systems

Fatma Dhaou, Ines Mouakher, Christian Attiogbé, Khaled Bsaies

2015

Abstract

The imprecision of the definitions of UML2.0 sequence diagrams, given by the Object Management Group (OMG), does not allow the obtention of all the possible valid behaviours for a given distributed system, when communicating objects are independent. We choose the causal semantics, which is suitable for this kind of systems; we propose its extension to support complex behaviours, expressed with combined fragments. We propose the implementation of our approach with Event-B in order to check later on some properties of safety, liveness and fairness.

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Dhaou F., Mouakher I., Attiogbé C. and Bsaies K. (2015). Extending Causal Semantics of UML2.0 Sequence Diagram for Distributed Systems . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-114-4, pages 339-347. DOI: 10.5220/0005517703390347


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@conference{icsoft-ea15,
author={Fatma Dhaou and Ines Mouakher and Christian Attiogbé and Khaled Bsaies},
title={Extending Causal Semantics of UML2.0 Sequence Diagram for Distributed Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={339-347},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005517703390347},
isbn={978-989-758-114-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2015)
TI - Extending Causal Semantics of UML2.0 Sequence Diagram for Distributed Systems
SN - 978-989-758-114-4
AU - Dhaou F.
AU - Mouakher I.
AU - Attiogbé C.
AU - Bsaies K.
PY - 2015
SP - 339
EP - 347
DO - 10.5220/0005517703390347