The Essence of Message Sequence Charts

  • Authors:
  • Manfred Broy

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • MSE '00 Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Message Sequence Charts (MSCs) are a technique to describe patterns of interaction between the components of interactive distributed systems by specific diagrams. In this paper, we suggest a semantic model for MSCs in terms of stream processing functions. This formalization allows us to use MSCs as an intuitively clear specification technique for the components of a system with a precisely defined meaning.