From use cases to test cases via meta model-based reasoning

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dc.contributor.author Gruner, Stefan
dc.date.accessioned 2014-02-03T10:17:54Z
dc.date.available 2014-02-03T10:17:54Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description The paper, as it appeared in the above-mentioned journal, was presented to the UML&FM'2008 workshop on the Unified Modeling Language and Formal Methods, Kitakyushu (Japan), 27th of October 2008. en_US
dc.description.abstract In "use cases considered harmful", Simons has analyzed the logical weaknesses of the UML use case notation and has recommended to “fix the faulty notion of dependency” (Simons: Use cases considered harmful. 29th Conference on Techn. of OO Lang. and Syst., pp 194–203, 1999). The project sketched in this position paper is inspired by Simons’ critique. The main contribution of this paper is a detailed meta model of possible relations between use cases. Later in the project this meta model is then to be formalized in a natural deduction calculus which shall be implemented in PROLOG. As a result of such formalization a use case specification can be queried for inconsistencies as well as for test cases which must be observable after a software system is implemented based on such a use case specification. Software tool support for this method is also under development. en_US
dc.description.librarian mv2014 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Formal Methods Europe (FME) and the Research and Development Programme (RDP) of the University of Pretoria. en_US
dc.description.uri http://link.springer.com/journal/11334 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Gruner, S 2008, 'From use cases to test cases via meta model-based reasoning', Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering , vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 223-231. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1614-5046 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1614-5054 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/s11334-008-0058-z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33216
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer-Verlag en_US
dc.rights © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2008. The original publication is available at http://link.springer.com/journal/11334 en_US
dc.subject Use cases en_US
dc.subject Test cases en_US
dc.subject Meta model en_US
dc.subject Prolog en_US
dc.title From use cases to test cases via meta model-based reasoning en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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