A formalism for reasoning about UML activity diagrams

  • Authors:
  • Vitus S. W. Lam

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Centre, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Department of Computer Science, University of Bath

  • Venue:
  • Nordic Journal of Computing
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The major problem of UML activity diagrams is the lack of a rigorous approach for verifying the correctness of a model. In this paper, we examine how activity diagrams defined in UML 2.0 standard are formally analyzed using NuSMV model checker. A model represented as activity diagrams is first transformed into NuSMV input language and then verified that a set of system specifications is satisfied using NuSMV.