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An Action Semantics for MML

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≪UML≫ 2001 — The Unified Modeling Language. Modeling Languages, Concepts, and Tools (UML 2001)

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This paper describes an action semantics for UML based on the Meta-Modelling Language (MML) - a precise meta-modelling language designed for developing families of UML languages. Actions are defined as computational procedures with side-effects. The action semantics are described in the MML style, with model, instance and semantic packages. Different actions are described as specializations of the basic action in their own package. The aim is to show that by using a Catalysis like package extension mechanism, with precise mappings to a simple semantic domain, a well-structured and extensible model for an action language can be obtained.

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  1. Dpto. de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, University of Málaga, Málaga, 29071, Spain

    José M. Álvarez

  2. Dpt. of Computer Science, King’s College, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK

    Tony Clark

  3. Dpt. of Computer Science, University of York, Heslington, York, YO15DD, UK

    Andy Evans & Paul Sammut

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Database Systems Group, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 33 04 40, 28334, Bremen, Germany

    Martin Gogolla

  2. Telelogic Technologies, P.O. Box 23 20, Fallbrook, CA, 92088, USA

    Cris Kobryn

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Álvarez, J.M., Clark, T., Evans, A., Sammut, P. (2001). An Action Semantics for MML. In: Gogolla, M., Kobryn, C. (eds) ≪UML≫ 2001 — The Unified Modeling Language. Modeling Languages, Concepts, and Tools. UML 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2185. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45441-1_2

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