Modelling and model checking suspendible business processes via statechart diagrams and CSP

Wing Lok YEUNG, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
R. P. H., Karl LEUNG, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Hong Kong
Ji WANG, National Laboratory for Parallel and Distributed Processing, China
Wei DONG, National Laboratory for Parallel and Distributed Processing, Hunan, China

Copyright © 2006 Elsevier B.V

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Abstract

When modelling object behaviour with UML statechart diagrams, the history mechanism can be useful for modelling the suspension of a "normal" business process upon certain "abnormal" events together with the subsequent resumption, as illustrated by the examples in this paper. However, previous approaches to model checking statechart diagrams often ignore the history mechanism. We enhanced such a previous approach based on Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) and developed a support tool for it. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.