A Formal Mapping between UML Models and Object-Z Specifications

Kim, Soon-Kyeong; Carrington, David

doi:10.1007/3-540-44525-0_2

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“…Given these two metamodels, we present a formal transformation between the two languages at the meta-level. With previous work [6], we are able to integrate both static and dynamic models in UML into a single Object-Z specification that provides an integrated semantic basis for semantic consistency checks between the UML models. Examples of the semantic consistency checks include: checking that invariants are preserved, that no conflicts exist between invariants defined in the static model and guards defined in the dynamic models, and that no inconsistencies exist between object behaviors defined in terms of both operation specifications and state machines.…”

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A Formal Metamodeling Approach to a Transformation between the UML State Machine and Object-Z

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Carrington

2002

Formal Methods and Software Engineering

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Abstract. A significant problem with currently suggested approaches for transforming between models in different languages is that the transformation is often described imprecisely, with the result that the overall transformation task may be imprecise, incomplete and inconsistent. This paper presents a formal metamodeling approach for transforming between UML and Object-Z. In the paper, the two languages are defined in terms of their formal metamodels, and a systematic transformation between the models is provided at the meta-level in terms of formal mapping functions. As a consequence, we can provide a precise, consistent and complete transformation between them.

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“…Previously we presented our formal metamodel based approach for the static part of UML (the UML class constructs) [6]. We have applied the same approach to the dynamic part of UML (the UML state machine) [8].…”

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A Formal Metamodeling Approach to a Transformation between the UML State Machine and Object-Z

Kim

Carrington

2002

Formal Methods and Software Engineering

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“…The Object-Z metamodel presented in this section is an enhanced version of the one presented in [9,10]. The UML metamodel presented in this section is a simplified version of UML 2.0 [19].…”

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“…Model transformations are then defined in terms of the relationship between a source MOF metamodel and a target MOF metamodel. Previously the authors defined a set of formal mapping functions between Object-Z and UML 1.4 based on their metamodels [9]. We implement these formal mapping functions using a transformation language in a MDA development environment.…”

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An MDA Approach Towards Integrating Formal and Informal Modeling Languages

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Burger

Carrington

2005

FM 2005: Formal Methods

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Abstract. The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) involves automated transformations between software models defined in different languages at different abstraction levels. This paper takes an MDA approach to integrate a formal modeling language (Object-Z) with an informal modeling language (UML) via model transformation. This paper shows how formal and informal modeling languages can be cooperatively used in the MDA framework and how the transformations between models in these languages can be achieved using an MDA development environment. The MDA model transformation techniques allow us to have a reusable transformation between formal and informal modeling languages. The integrated approach provides an effective V&V technique for the MDA.

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“…As UML is wide-spread, most of them take static UML diagrams and generate formal state descriptions of it (e.g. UML to Z [14,15], or UML to Z++ [16,17]). The approaches have in coimnon that formal specification skeletons are generated which then have to be completed by the designer.…”

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Crossing the Borderline — From Formal to Semi-Formal Specifications

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Software Engineering Techniques: Design for Quality

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Abstract. Being part of the systems' documentation state-based formal specifications can play a crucial role in the software development process. Hovv' ever, besides dense mathematical expressions, their semantical compactness and lack in visually appealing notations impede their use and comprehensibility among different stakeholders. One solution to this problem is to enrich the specification by a semi-formal view, in most cases diagrams with a sufficiently understood semantic meaning. However, as control-and data-dependencies within declarative specifications are hard to detect, existing approaches only cover statics-bearing diagrams. As a way out this paper presents an approach for control-and data dependency analysis within declai-ative formal specifications. Based on these dependencies, UML diagrams showing static and dynamic properties of the specification arc generated.

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A Formal Mapping between UML Models and Object-Z Specifications

Cited by 65 publications

References 7 publications

A Formal Metamodeling Approach to a Transformation between the UML State Machine and Object-Z

A Formal Metamodeling Approach to a Transformation between the UML State Machine and Object-Z

An MDA Approach Towards Integrating Formal and Informal Modeling Languages

Crossing the Borderline — From Formal to Semi-Formal Specifications

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