Detecting Errors and Checking Consistency in the Object-Oriented Design Models
Gi-Won Jeong, Yong-Seon Jo, Seong-Gu Gwon · The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society · 1999
As software size ever increases and user's requirements become more and more sophisticated., the importance of software quality is more and more emphasized. However, we are not satisfied for the present techniques on detecting errors and checking consistency in the object-oriented design model. This paper proposes a systematic approach which produces implementable rules to detect errors and check consistency. At first, the meta-models for UML diagrams are constructed, generalized meta-rules are reduced from the meta-models, and then the meta-rules are applied to produce the implementable rules. This approach enables to pursue the completeness of the rules and the automation of rule application. An example of rule application shows the feasibility of the rule application.