Deriving Architecture Design Variants for System Optimization From Design Space Descriptions Expressed using a UML Profile

Abstract

In complex (dynamic) systems, models are usually too complex for a direct evaluation, and simulation is the method of choice (indirect optimization). Another aspect is the structure of the design space for complex system. In a recent paper of the authors, an approach is presented for design space description with a UML profile-based description of architectural variations of complex dynamic systems. In order to execute a simulation of a system variant, one has to be chosen based on the used heuristic, and specified in a standardized way to be used for constructing the actual simulation model with the use of a library of template models. This paper approaches a method to automatically generated individual UML object models from the design space specification for a given parameter selection.