Statecharts: A visual formalism for complex systems
Science of Computer Programming
gIBIS: a hypertext tool for exploratory policy discussion
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
A Framework for Expressing the Relationships Between Multiple Views in Requirements Specification
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Managing inconsistent specifications: reasoning, analysis, and action
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
DIPES '98 Proceedings of the IFIP WG10.3/WG10.5 international workshop on Distributed and parallel embedded systems
Composition patterns: an approach to designing reusable aspects
ICSE '01 Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering
A framework for multi-valued reasoning over inconsistent viewpoints
ICSE '01 Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering
Alloy: a lightweight object modelling notation
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
Identifying Quality-Requirement Conflicts
IEEE Software
Inconsistency Handling in Multiperspective Specifications
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Synthesis of Behavioral Models from Scenarios
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
chi-Chek: A Multi-valued Model-Checker
CAV '02 Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification
A survey of approaches to automatic schema matching
The VLDB Journal — The International Journal on Very Large Data Bases
Merging partial behavioural models
Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGSOFT twelfth international symposium on Foundations of software engineering
A framework for counterexample generation and exploration
FASE'05 Proceedings of the 8th international conference, held as part of the joint European Conference on Theory and Practice of Software conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
Proceedings of the 2006 international workshop on Global integrated model management
Information and Software Technology
Exploring inconsistencies between modal transition systems
Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)
Weak Alphabet Merging of Partial Behavior Models
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
PWWM: a personal web workflow methodology
The Personal Web
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Almost every kind of software development periodically needs to merge models. Perhaps they come from different stakeholders during the requirements analysis phase, or perhaps they are modifications of the same model done independently by several groups of people. Sometimes these models are consistent and can be merged. Sometimes they are not, and negotiation between the stakeholders is needed in order to resolve inconsistencies. While various methods support merging, we need formal approaches that help stakeholders negotiate. We present a formal framework for merging and conflict resolution. It facilitates automatic merging of consistent models, enables users to visualize and explore potential disagreements and identify their priorities, and suggests ways to resolve the priority items.