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Experiences of Applying UML/MARTE on Three Industrial Projects

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Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2012)

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MARTE (Modeling and Analysis of Real-Time and Embedded Systems) is a UML profile, which has been developed to model concepts specific to Real-Time and Embedded Systems (RTES). In previous years, we have applied UML/MARTE to three distinct industrial problems in various industry sectors: architecture modeling and configuration of large-scale and highly configurable integrated control systems, model-based robustness testing of communication-intensive systems, and model-based environment simulator generation of large-scale RTES for testing. In this paper, we report on our experiences of solving these problems by applying UML/MARTE on four industrial case studies. Based on our common experiences, we derive a framework to help practitioners for future applications of UML/MARTE. The framework provides a set of detailed guidelines on how to apply MARTE in industrial contexts and will help reduce the gap between the modeling standards and industrial needs.

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  1. Simula Research Laboratory, Certus Center for V & V, P.O. Box 134, Lysaker, Norway

    Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal, Shaukat Ali, Tao Yue & Lionel Briand

  2. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway

    Muhammad Zohaib Iqbal

  3. SnT Center, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Lionel Briand

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  2. Healthcare Services International, Managed Services, Siemens AG, Hartmannstr. 16, 91052, Erlangen, Germany

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  3. Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 21a, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

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Iqbal, M.Z., Ali, S., Yue, T., Briand, L. (2012). Experiences of Applying UML/MARTE on Three Industrial Projects. In: France, R.B., Kazmeier, J., Breu, R., Atkinson, C. (eds) Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems. MODELS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7590. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33666-9_41

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