UML AD Refinement Patterns for Modeling Workflow Applications

Author

Ben Younes, Ahlem ; Jemni Ben Ayed, Leila ; Hlaoui, Yousra Bendaly

Author_Institution

Lab. LaTICE, Univ. of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

fYear

2012

fDate

16-20 July 2012

Firstpage

236

Lastpage

241

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an UML Activity Diagram (AD) approach based on stepwise refinement technique for modeling and describing workflow applications. Thus, we present a set of UML AD refinement patterns that support the different forms of refining process in a workflow. The workflow application is constructed in a hierarchical fashion. We show that thanks to the hierarchical workflow construction by refinement, a simple view of the workflow is maintained at each level of abstraction. In addition, we provide formal support for building process refinement graphs that are complete, proved correct.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; object-oriented methods; workflow management software; UML AD refinement patterns; UML activity diagram approach; hierarchical workflow construction; process refinement graphs; stepwise refinement technique; workflow applications; Abstracts; Computational modeling; Concrete; Conferences; Software; Systematics; Unified modeling language; Design Patterns; Progressive Development; Refinement UML AD; Specification; Workflow Applications; proof;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops (COMPSACW), 2012 IEEE 36th Annual

Conference_Location

Izmir

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2714-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-4758-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMPSACW.2012.51

Filename

6341581