Abstract Protocol State Machines (PSM) in UML 2.0 [13] describe valid sequences of
operation calls. To support modeling components, UML 2.0 introduces a Port associated …

Formal description techniques, such as Lotos and Sdl, have been proven as a successful
means for developing communication protocols and distributed systems. Meanwhile the …

Due to new emerging areas in the communication field there is a constant need for the
design of novel communication protocols. This demands techniques for a rapid and efficient …

Software components are expected to communicate according to predetermined protocols
and APIs. Numerous methods have been proposed to check the correctness of …

This paper is based on a real-life experience with behavior specification of a non-trivial
component-based application. The experience is that model checking of such a specification …

This paper presents a technique to model check UML specifications by translating UML
models to the model checker SPIN. Our models consist of active UML classes, whose …

The ABS modelling language targets concurrent and distributed object-oriented systems.
The language has been designed to enable scalable formal verification of detailed …

We consider state-based behavior in object-oriented analysis and design, as it arises, for
example, in specifying behavior in the UML using statecharts. We first provide a rigorous …

In this paper, an object-based approach to protocol software implementation is presented. A
protocol is specified by an FSM, then the FSM is implemented by a group of related objects …

We present the current state of our STSLib project. This project aims at defining an
environment to formally specify and execute software components. One important feature is …