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ICFEM
2004
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
Formal Proof from UML Models
Abstract. We present a practical approach to a formal analysis of UMLbased models. This is achieved by an underlying formal representation in Z, which allows us to pose and dischar...
Nuno Amálio, Susan Stepney, Fiona Polack
ICSE
2001
IEEE-ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Fast Formal Analysis of Requirements via "Topoi Diagrams"
Early testing of requirements can decrease the cost of removing errors in software projects. However, unless done carefully, that testing process can significantly add to the cos...
Tim Menzies, John D. Powell, Michael E. Houle
WCRE
1997
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
Reverse Engineering is Reverse Forward Engineering
Reverse Engineering is focused on the challenging task of understanding legacy program code without having suitable documentation. Using a transformational forward engineering per...
Ira D. Baxter, Michael Mehlich
KBSE
2000
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
Using Little-JIL to Coordinate Agents in Software Engineering
Little-JIL, a new language for programming the coordination of agents is an executable, high-level process programming language with a formal (yet graphical) syntax and rigorously...
Alexander E. Wise, Aaron G. Cass, Barbara Staudt L...
ECRA
2002
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15 years 4 months ago
A formal approach to negotiating agents development
This paper presents a formal and executable approach to capture the behaviour of parties involved in a negotiation. A party is modeled as a negotiating agent composed of a communi...
Marlon Dumas, Guido Governatori, Arthur H. M. ter ...