A logical approach for behavioural composition of scenario-based models

Juliana Kuster Filipe Bowles; Behzad Bordbar; Mohammed Alwanain

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25423-4_16

A logical approach for behavioural composition of scenario-based models

Juliana Kuster Filipe Bowles, Behzad Bordbar, Mohammed Alwanain

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

As modern systems become more complex, design approaches model different aspects of the system separately. When considering (intra and inter) system interactions, it is usual to model individual scenarios using UML’s sequence diagrams. Given a set of scenarios we then need to check whether these are consistent and can be combined for a better understanding of the overall behaviour. This paper addresses this by presenting a novel formal technique for composing behavioural models at the metamodel level through exact metamodel restriction (EMR). In our approach a sequence diagram can be completely described by a set of logical constraints at the metamodel level. When composing sequence diagrams we take the union of the sets of logical constraints for each diagram and additional behavioural constraints that describe the matching composition glue. A formal semantics for composition in accordance with the glue guides our model transformation to Alloy. Alloy’s fully automated constraint solver gives us the solution. Our technique has been implemented as an Eclipse plugin SD2Alloy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Formal Methods and Software Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2015, Paris, France, November 3-5, 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Michael Butler, Sylvain Conchon, Fatiha Zaïdi
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	252-269
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319254234
ISBN (Print)	9783319254227
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25423-4_16
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	ICFEM 2015 The 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods - Paris, France Duration: 3 Nov 2015 → 6 Nov 2015 http://icfem2015.lri.fr/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	9407
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	ICFEM 2015 The 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	3/11/15 → 6/11/15
Internet address	http://icfem2015.lri.fr/

Keywords

Sequence diagrams
Behavioural composition
Event structures
Alloy

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Bowles, J. K. F., Bordbar, B., & Alwanain, M. (2015). A logical approach for behavioural composition of scenario-based models. In M. Butler, S. Conchon, & F. Zaïdi (Eds.), Formal Methods and Software Engineering: 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2015, Paris, France, November 3-5, 2015, Proceedings (pp. 252-269). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9407). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25423-4_16

Bowles, Juliana Kuster Filipe ; Bordbar, Behzad ; Alwanain, Mohammed. / A logical approach for behavioural composition of scenario-based models. Formal Methods and Software Engineering: 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2015, Paris, France, November 3-5, 2015, Proceedings. editor / Michael Butler ; Sylvain Conchon ; Fatiha Zaïdi. Cham : Springer, 2015. pp. 252-269 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Bowles, JKF, Bordbar, B & Alwanain, M 2015, A logical approach for behavioural composition of scenario-based models. in M Butler, S Conchon & F Zaïdi (eds), Formal Methods and Software Engineering: 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2015, Paris, France, November 3-5, 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9407, Springer, Cham, pp. 252-269, ICFEM 2015 The 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, Paris, France, 3/11/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25423-4_16

A logical approach for behavioural composition of scenario-based models. / Bowles, Juliana Kuster Filipe; Bordbar, Behzad; Alwanain, Mohammed.
Formal Methods and Software Engineering: 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2015, Paris, France, November 3-5, 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Michael Butler; Sylvain Conchon; Fatiha Zaïdi. Cham: Springer, 2015. p. 252-269 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9407).

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Bowles JKF, Bordbar B, Alwanain M. A logical approach for behavioural composition of scenario-based models. In Butler M, Conchon S, Zaïdi F, editors, Formal Methods and Software Engineering: 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2015, Paris, France, November 3-5, 2015, Proceedings. Cham: Springer. 2015. p. 252-269. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Epub 2015 Dec 1. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-25423-4_16

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