Real-time object-oriented modeling
Real-time object-oriented modeling
Context constraints for compositional reachability analysis
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
A formal basis for architectural connection
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
Concurrency: state models & Java programs
Concurrency: state models & Java programs
Communication and Concurrency
Behaviour Analysis of Distributed Systems Using the Tracta Approach
Automated Software Engineering
Architecting families of software systems with process algebras
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
Specifying Distributed Software Architectures
Proceedings of the 5th European Software Engineering Conference
Exposing the Skeleton in the Coordination Closet
COORDINATION '97 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Coordination Languages and Models
Analysing the behaviour of distributed software architectures: a case study
FTDCS '97 Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems
Towards the compositional verification of real-time UML designs
Proceedings of the 9th European software engineering conference held jointly with 11th ACM SIGSOFT international symposium on Foundations of software engineering
Using types to enforce architectural structure
Using types to enforce architectural structure
Composition for component-based modeling
Science of Computer Programming - Formal methods for components and objects pragmatic aspects and applications
On the usability of process algebra: an architectural view
Theoretical Computer Science - Process algebra
Software—Practice & Experience
SOFA 2.0: Balancing Advanced Features in a Hierarchical Component Model
SERA '06 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications
Pattern Oriented Software Architecture: On Patterns and Pattern Languages (Wiley Software Patterns Series)
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Compositional analysis of deadlock-freedom for tree-like component architectures
EMSOFT '08 Proceedings of the 8th ACM international conference on Embedded software
29 new unclarities in the semantics of UML 2.0 state machines
ICFEM'05 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Formal Methods and Software Engineering
Behaviour Protocols for Interacting Stateful Components
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
Refinement and asynchronous composition of modal petri nets
Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency V
Analyzing component-based systems on the basis of architectural constraints
FSEN'11 Proceedings of the 4th IPM international conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering
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The crucial strength of the component paradigm lies in the possibility to encapsulate behaviours. In this work, we focus on the observable behaviour of composite components which encapsulate the behaviour of (possibly large) assemblies of connected subcomponents. We first present our general component model which is equipped with a precise formal semantics allowing us to distinguish systematically different kinds of behaviours for ports, for components, and for component assemblies; technically we use UML2 notation for describing component structures and I/O-transition systems for behaviours. Then we investigate an efficient method for the computation of the observable behaviour of composite components which can circumvent the possibly infeasible intermediate computation of the usually complex behaviour of underlying assemblies if there are behaviourally neutral subcomponents. Finally, we utilise the fact that components are connected via ports such that checks for behavioural neutrality of components can be reduced to checks for behavioural neutrality of connected ports in the case of weakly deterministic port behaviours.