%0 Journal Article %1 Eshuis2004 %A Eshuis, R. %A Wieringa, R. %B Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on %D 2004 %K LTL UML activity diagrams model-checker tool %P 437- 447 %R 10.1109/TSE.2004.33 %T Tool support for verifying UML activity diagrams %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1318605&isnumber=29218&fromcon %V 30 %X We describe a tool that supports verification of workflow models specified in UML activity diagrams. The tool translates an activity diagram into an input format for a model checker according to a mathematical semantics. With the model checker, arbitrary propositional requirements can be checked against the input model. If a requirement fails to hold, an error trace is returned by the model checker, which our tool presents by highlighting a corresponding path in the activity diagram. We summarize our formal semantics, discuss the techniques used to reduce an infinite state space to a finite one, and motivate the need for strong fairness constraints to obtain realistic results. We define requirement-preserving rules for state space reduction. Finally, we illustrate the whole approach with a few example verifications.

@article{Eshuis2004, abstract = {We describe a tool that supports verification of workflow models specified in UML activity diagrams. The tool translates an activity diagram into an input format for a model checker according to a mathematical semantics. With the model checker, arbitrary propositional requirements can be checked against the input model. If a requirement fails to hold, an error trace is returned by the model checker, which our tool presents by highlighting a corresponding path in the activity diagram. We summarize our formal semantics, discuss the techniques used to reduce an infinite state space to a finite one, and motivate the need for strong fairness constraints to obtain realistic results. We define requirement-preserving rules for state space reduction. Finally, we illustrate the whole approach with a few example verifications.}, added-at = {2008-06-12T13:00:50.000+0200}, author = {Eshuis, R. and Wieringa, R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21c364961b0a82684d9a8278844d4ddb2/ist_spl}, booktitle = {Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on}, description = {Welcome to IEEE Xplore 2.0: Tool support for verifying UML activity diagrams}, doi = {10.1109/TSE.2004.33}, interhash = {bbd27863d175a893d4c2bd531345c08c}, intrahash = {1c364961b0a82684d9a8278844d4ddb2}, issn = {0098-5589}, keywords = {LTL UML activity diagrams model-checker tool}, note = {MR: vielleicht nur wegen der Behandlung von UML-Aktivitätsdiagrammen interessant.}, pages = {437- 447}, timestamp = {2008-06-12T13:00:50.000+0200}, title = {Tool support for verifying UML activity diagrams}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1318605&isnumber=29218&fromcon}, volume = 30, year = 2004 }