Synchronous Dataflow (SDF) is a powerful analysis tool for regular, cyclic, parallel task graphs. The behaviour of SDF graphs however is static and therefore not always able to ac...
Integrity constraints (ICs) play a key role in the definition of conceptual schemas. In the UML, ICs are usually specified as invariants written in the OCL. However, due to the hi...
Executable formal speci cation can allow engineers to test (or simulate) the speci ed system on concrete data before the system is implemented. This is beginning to gain acceptance...
Automating the generation of object-oriented unit tests is a challenging task. This is mainly due to the complexity and peculiarities that the principles of object-orientation imp...
Information systems (IS) and software engineering (SE) have shared the domain of systems and software development for several decades with too little overlap in practice and resea...