Using UML Activity Diagrams and Event B for Distributed and Parallel Applications

Younes, Ahlem Ben; Ayed, Leila Jemni Ben

doi:10.1109/compsac.2007.233

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“…the obtained events of Event-B model do not contain the body specification. Whereas [7] focuses on the translation of activity diagrams into Event-B for distributed and parallel applications. This approach does not guarantee a parallel execution of the events, and it is presented as an interlaced execution of indeterministic events.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Analysis and Formal Modeling of Systems Behavior Using UML/Event-B

Kraibi¹,

Ayed²,

Collard-Dutilleul³

et al. 2019

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The verification of safety properties of critical systems, such as railway signaling systems, is better achieved by formal reasoning. Event-B as a formal method, allows to get safe and reliable systems. Nevertheless, modeling with Event-B method requires some knowledge on mathematical logic and set theory. In opposition, UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a commonly used graphical language, but it does not guarantee the verification of safety properties. This paper presents an approach combining UML and Event-B. In fact, we focus in this work on modeling the systems behavior with the joint use of some UML behavioral diagrams. The UML models are then translated into Event-B models for the systems validation as well as the verification of safety properties using B tools. This methodology is illustrated by an application on a case study of railway signaling system.

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Section: Related Work and Discussionmentioning

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“…"parallel_event ≙ guard: grd action: actmsg1 || actmsg2". Despite the enforcing of synchrony in this Event-B translation, we avoid the indeterministic sequencing of events when messages are translated separately into events [7]. The reference fragment serves for including an interaction into another one in the same level of hierarchy.…”

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Analysis and Formal Modeling of Systems Behavior Using UML/Event-B

Kraibi¹,

Ayed²,

Collard-Dutilleul³

et al. 2019

jcm

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“…In our works (Ben Jemni Ben Ayed, 2007,2008) , we have presented the translation process which uses the B method refinement and proposed translation rules for the basic concepts of UML AD (activity, Sequence of activities, choice (decision), loop parallel activities (fork and join) and atomic process) and also for dynamic invocations concept (Ben Younes and Jemni Ben Ayed, 2008) into Event B. In this paper, we discuss contribution of our proposed approach for the verification of workflow applications and we extend our work presented in (Ben Younes and Jemni Ben Ayed, 2007) by adding new translation rules for the synchronization in UML AD ( event, send/receive concepts) into Event B. Also, we propose in this paper a solution to specify time in the event B method and derivation of temporal expressions in UML AD (timeout) into Event B.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…All of these points make B well adapted to large scale industrial projects (Behm,1998). However, B is still difficult to learn and to use.This is why we have proposed in our previous work (Ben Younes and Jemni Ben Ayed, 2007) an approach which combines the use of UML AD and Event B for the specification and the verification of workflow applications. The workflow is initially modeled graphically with UML AD (Step1).…”

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Specification and Verification of Workflow Applications Using a Combination of Uml Activity Diagrams and Event B

Younes

Ayed

2010

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies

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This paper presents a transformation of UML activity diagrams (AD) into Event B for the specification and the verification of workflow applications. With this transformation, UML models could be verified by verifying derived event B models, automatically, using the B powerful support tools like B4free. The workflows is initially expressed graphically with UML AD and translated into Event B. The resulting model is then enriched with Invariants/Assertions describing functional properties of workflow models such as deadlock-inexistence. We present translation rules of UML AD into EventB, and we propose also a translation process of UML AD into EventB specifications based on the refinement technique of Event B to encode the hierarchical decomposition in UML AD. Also, we propose a solution to specify time in Event B, and by an example of workflow application, we illustrate the proposed technique.

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“…Mazouzi [1] proposed to model protocol interactions in MAS with colored petri networks but the proposed patterns do not deal with dynamics of the environment. A recent studies [12] [6] [3], which compared the use of formal and semi formal methods concluded that formal methods led to better precision than semi formal ones and that semi formal methods produce more intuitive and readable documents. An appropriate combination of semi-formal techniques and formal methods can give rise to a practical and rigorous multi-agent interaction protocol development method.…”

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An Approach for the Specification and the Verification of Multi-agent Systems Interaction Protocols using AUML and Event B

Ayed¹,

Siala²

2008

Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information S

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This paper suggests an approach for the specification and the verification of interaction protocols in multi-agent systems. This approach is based on Agent Unified Modelling Language (AUML) and the Event B method. The interaction protocol, are initially modelled using the AUML protocol diagram which gives graphical and comprehensive models. The resulting model is then translated into Event B and enriched which required interaction protocols properties. We obtain a complete requirement specification in Event B which can be verified using the B powerful support tool like the B4free. In this paper, we focus on the translation process of AUML protocol diagrams into Event B and by an example of multi-agent systems interaction protocol, we illustrate our approach.

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Using UML Activity Diagrams and Event B for Distributed and Parallel Applications

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Analysis and Formal Modeling of Systems Behavior Using UML/Event-B

Analysis and Formal Modeling of Systems Behavior Using UML/Event-B

Specification and Verification of Workflow Applications Using a Combination of Uml Activity Diagrams and Event B

An Approach for the Specification and the Verification of Multi-agent Systems Interaction Protocols using AUML and Event B

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