Refinement of UML2.0 Sequence Diagrams for Distributed Systems

Fatma Dhaou, Ines Mouakher, Christian Attiogbé, Khaled Bsaies

2016

Abstract

Refinement process applied to UML2.0 Sequence Diagrams (SD) is adopted to deal with the complexity of modeling distributed systems. The various steps leading to the checking of the refinement of SDs theoretically as well as practically are explained. A refinement relation possessing the necessary properties, is formalized; its implementation in the Event-B method is proposed in order to check the correctness of the refinement of SDs, and to verify some safety, liveness properties and the termination of the new introduced events.

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in Harvard Style

Dhaou F., Mouakher I., Attiogbé C. and Bsaies K. (2016). Refinement of UML2.0 Sequence Diagrams for Distributed Systems . In Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-194-6, pages 310-318. DOI: 10.5220/0006005403100318


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft-ea16,
author={Fatma Dhaou and Ines Mouakher and Christian Attiogbé and Khaled Bsaies},
title={Refinement of UML2.0 Sequence Diagrams for Distributed Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={310-318},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006005403100318},
isbn={978-989-758-194-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2016)
TI - Refinement of UML2.0 Sequence Diagrams for Distributed Systems
SN - 978-989-758-194-6
AU - Dhaou F.
AU - Mouakher I.
AU - Attiogbé C.
AU - Bsaies K.
PY - 2016
SP - 310
EP - 318
DO - 10.5220/0006005403100318