International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science (IJITCS)
IJITCS Vol. 10, No. 9, 8 Sep. 2018
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Author(s)
Iryna Zaretska
1,*
Oleksandra Kulankhina
2
Hlib Mykhailenko
3
Tamara Butenko
1
Index Terms
Software design, object-oriented ap-proach, UML, design model, verification
Abstract
The paper presents a method and tools for consistency checking in UML design of an object-oriented software system. The proposed method uses graph representation of UML diagrams and first-order predicate logic to specify consistency rules mostly on the cross-diagram level. Classification of consistency rules is presented. Two approaches to implementation of con-sistency checking are discussed and compared.
Cite This Paper
Iryna Zaretska, Oleksandra Kulankhina, Hlib Mykhailenko, Tamara Butenko, "Consistency of UML Design", International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science(IJITCS), Vol.10, No.9, pp.47-56, 2018. DOI:10.5815/ijitcs.2018.09.06
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