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UML has become the standard modeling language for object-oriented systems. The informal description of UML and its continuous extension cause many ambiguities. Therefore, a formal semantics for UML is necessary, especially for formal reasoning and tool development. We present a formal semantics of UML 2.0 state machines, which are used for modeling the reactive behavior of objects, by (i) deriving core state machines with fewer design features and a precise syntax, (ii) developing a formal semantics for core state machines, and (iii) presenting a complete transformation from UML 2.0 state machines to core state machines. Such a transformational approach provides the opportunity of easy adaption to future changes of the semantics of UML state machines.
Part of this work is financially supported by DFG project Refism (FE 942/1-1).
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Fecher, H., Schönborn, J. (2007). UML 2.0 State Machines: Complete Formal Semantics Via core state machine . In: Brim, L., Haverkort, B., Leucker, M., van de Pol, J. (eds) Formal Methods: Applications and Technology. PDMC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4346. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70952-7_16
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