Dependability Analysis in The Early Phases of Uml-based System Design

TitleDependability Analysis in The Early Phases of Uml-based System Design
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsBondavalli, A., Dal Cin, M., Latella, D., Majzik, I., Pataricza, A., and Savoia, G.
JournalCOMPUTER SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Volume16
Issue5
Pagination265 - 275
Date Published2001
ISBN Number0267-6192
Abstract

A thorough system specification is insufficient to guarantee that a computer system will adequately perform its tasks during its entire fife cycle. The early evaluation of system characteristics like dependability, correctness and performance is necessary to assess the conformance of the system under development to its targets. This paper presents the results achieved so far to develop an integrated environment, where design tools based on the UML (Unified Modeling Language) are augmented with validation and analysis techniques that provide useful information in the early phases of system design. Automatic transformations are defined for the generation of models to capture system behavioral properties, dependability and performance.