The UML goal of being a general-purpose modeling language discards the possibility to adopt too precise and strict a semantics. Users are to refine or define the semantics in th...
Objects model the world, and state is fundamental to a faithful modeling. Engineers use state machines to understand and reason about state transitions, but programming languages ...
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—Knowing the dependencies among computing assets and services provides insights into the computing and business landscape, therefore, facilitating low-risk timely changes in supp...
Alexandru Caracas, Andreas Kind, Dieter Gantenbein...
The effects of random variations during the manufacturing process on devices can be simulated as a variation of transistor parameters. Device degradation, due to temperature or vo...
Udo Sobe, Karl-Heinz Rooch, Andreas Ripp, Michael ...
Achieving a quality software system requires UML designers a good understanding of both design patterns and antipatterns. Unfortunately, UML models for real systems tend to be huge...