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 Bernhard Rumpe
Meta-Modeling Semantics of UML

Behavioral Specifications of Businesses and Systems



Author(s): A. Evans, K. Lano, R. France, B. Rumpe
Year: 1999
Publisher: Kluver Academic Publisher
Editor: H. Kilov, B. Rumpe, I. Simmonds
Abstract:The Unified Modelling Language is emerging as a de-facto standard for modelling object-oriented systems. However, the semantics document that a part of the standard definition primarily provides a description of the language's syntax and well-formedness rules. The meaning of the language, which is mainly described in English, is too informal and unstructured to provide a foundation for developing formal analysis and development techniques. This paper outlines a formalisation strategy for making precise the core semantics of UML. This is acheived by strengthening the denotational semantics of the existing UML semantics. To illustrate the approach, the semantics of generalization/specialization are made precise.


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BibTeX-Entry:
@inproceedings{ELFR99c, author = {A. Evans and K. Lano and R. France and B. Rumpe}, title = {Meta-Modeling Semantics of UML}, booktitle = {Behavioral Specifications of Businesses and Systems}, year = {1999}, publisher = {Kluver Academic Publisher}, editor = {H. Kilov and B. Rumpe and I. Simmonds} }

Bernhard Rumpe