Abstract. UML class diagrams (UCDs) are the de-facto standard formalism for the analysis and design of information systems. By adopting formal language techniques to capture constr...
Alessandro Artale, Diego Calvanese, Yazmin Ang&eac...
Computer system reliability is conventionally modeled and analyzed using techniques such as fault tree analysis (FTA) and reliability block diagrams (RBD), which provide static rep...
Ryan Robidoux, Haiping Xu, Liudong Xing, MengChu Z...
A distinct characteristic of multistate systems (MSS) is that the systems and/or their components may exhibit multiple performance levels (or states) varying from perfect operation...
Suprasad V. Amari, Liudong Xing, Akhilesh Shrestha...
The UML profile for Modeling and Analysis of Real Time and Embedded systems (MARTE) provides a powerful, standardised framework for the specification of non-functional propertie...
We define a formal execution semantics for UML activity diagrams that is appropriate for workflow modelling. Our semantics is aimed at the requirements level by assuming that sof...