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Formal definition of measures for UML statechart diagrams using OCL

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The informal definition of a measure in natural language is ambiguous, so it must be accompanied by a precise and formal definition, for avoiding misunderstanding and misinterpretation. In this paper we show the formal definition of measures for UML statechart diagrams using OCL, upon the UML statechart metamodel. The use of a formal definition upon a metamodel (where the main concepts and relationships are modelled) assure that measures capture the concepts they intend for and could facilitate the implementation of measures extraction tools.

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SAC '08: Proceedings of the 2008 ACM symposium on Applied computing
March 2008
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DOI:10.1145/1363686
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  1. OCL
  2. UML
  3. formal definition
  4. measures
  5. metamodeling
  6. statechart diagrams
  7. structural properties
  8. understandability

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  • (2013)Increasing the Rigorousness of Measures Definition through a UML/OCL Model Based on the Briand et al.’s FrameworkComputational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 201310.1007/978-3-642-39646-5_4(43-58)Online publication date: 2013
  • (2010)Assessing the influence of import-coupling on OCL expression maintainabilityInformation Sciences: an International Journal10.1016/j.ins.2010.06.028180:20(3837-3862)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2010

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