Title :
On formalization of the whole-part relationship in the Unified Modeling Language
Author :
Tan, Hee Beng Kuan ; Hao, Lun ; Yang, Yong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
F. Barbier et al. (2003) introduced a formal definition for the semantics of the whole-part relationship in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). This paper reports some discrepancies that appeared previously and proposes solutions to these discrepancies.
Keywords :
specification languages; Unified Modeling Language; whole-part relationship; Mathematics; Qualifications; Unified modeling language;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.2003.1245307
