The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is accepted today as an important standard for
develo** software. UML tools however provide little support for validating and checking …

It is now more than fifty years since the first paper on formal specifications of an information
system was published by Young and Kent. Even if the term “conceptual model” was not used …

Model transformations are the key technique in Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) to
manipulate and construct models. As a consequence, the correctness of software systems …

Abstract Context Model-driven Engineering (MDE) promotes the utilization of models as
primary artifacts in all software engineering activities. Therefore, mechanisms to ensure …

Abstract The Object Constraint Language (OCL) started as a complement of the UML
notation with the goal to overcome the limitations of UML (and in general, any graphical …

In the MDD and MDA approaches, models become the primary artifacts of the development
process. Therefore, assessment of the correctness of such models is a key issue to ensure …

Abstract The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the de facto language used in the
industry for software specifications. Once an application has been specified, Model Driven …

We present UMLtoCSP, a tool for the formal verification of UML/OCL models. Given a UML
class diagram annotated with OCL constraints, UMLtoCSP is able to automatically check …

Much of the current work on model transformations seems essentially operational and
executable in nature. Executable descriptions are necessary from the point of view of …

Assessment of the correctness of software models is a key issue to ensure the quality of the
final application. To this end, this paper presents an automatic method for the verification of …