Execution and Simulation of (Profiled) UML Models using Pópulo.

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Title:	Execution and Simulation of (Profiled) UML Models using Pópulo.
Authors:	Fuentes, Lidia¹ lff@lcc.uma.es, Manrique, Jorge¹ manrique@lcc.uma.es, Sánchez, Pablo¹ pabl@lcc.uma.es
Source:	ICSE: International Conference on Software Engineering. 2008, p75-81. 7p. 1 Color Photograph, 3 Diagrams.
Subjects:	Computer software development, Computer programming management, Computer simulation, Unified modeling language, Technology
Abstract:	A key factor for the successful adoption of Model-Driven Development (MDD) techniques is the ability to verify models, which can be achieved by model simulation and testing. This is already a reality for UML models, due mainly to the UML action language. However, this action language is purely object-oriented, which implies it needs to be extended to model applications of new software development paradigms, such as aspect-oriented applications. These extensions also require modifying the tools that execute the UML models, which, with the currently available tools, is often not possible. Furthermore, at the current time, there are no tools fully compliant with the UML action language. In order to overcome this limitation, this paper presents Póopulo, an extensible UML model debugger, which interprets the UML action language, compliant with the standard, and that can be customised for executing profiled (i.e. extended) UML models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	A key factor for the successful adoption of Model-Driven Development (MDD) techniques is the ability to verify models, which can be achieved by model simulation and testing. This is already a reality for UML models, due mainly to the UML action language. However, this action language is purely object-oriented, which implies it needs to be extended to model applications of new software development paradigms, such as aspect-oriented applications. These extensions also require modifying the tools that execute the UML models, which, with the currently available tools, is often not possible. Furthermore, at the current time, there are no tools fully compliant with the UML action language. In order to overcome this limitation, this paper presents Póopulo, an extensible UML model debugger, which interprets the UML action language, compliant with the standard, and that can be customised for executing profiled (i.e. extended) UML models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]