The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has already received considerable acceptance in the domain of telecommunication and automotive systems, and now we see emerging activities in the field of SoC ...

Since the early 1980's, modeling has been prescribed for helpingsoftware developers to understand their systems as they analyze theproblem, design a solution, and implement and deliver an ...

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SysML, the dedicated system level UML-based notation proposed by the OMG, is gaining a lot of momentum as a system level design standard. Design productivity is one of the main challenges facing the ...

In our third installment on UML we'll show you how to use sequence diagrams as a tool in your application development and an understanding of object interaction. The purpose of a class diagram is to ...

There’s much hoopla about the upcoming UML 2.0 specification, even though it’s many months away from being released in its final form. Conflicting reports from a number of sources have confused users, ...