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From Sequence Diagrams to State Machines by Graph Transformation

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Theory and Practice of Model Transformations (ICMT 2010)

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Algebraic graph transformation has been promoted by several authors as a means to specify model transformations. This paper explores how we can specify graph transformation-based rules for a classical problem of transforming from sequence diagrams to state machines. The transformation rules are based on the concrete syntax of sequence diagrams and state machines. We introduce tailored transformation support for sequence diagrams and a novel graphical operator to match and transform combined fragments.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway

    Roy Grønmo & Birger Møller-Pedersen

  2. SINTEF Information and Communication Technology, Oslo, Norway

    Roy Grønmo

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  1. Engineering and Information Sciences, The Burroughs, Middlesex University, NW4 4BT, London, United Kingdom

    Laurence Tratt

  2. Computer Science Department Database Systems Group, University of Bremen, D-28334, Bremen, Germany

    Martin Gogolla

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Grønmo, R., Møller-Pedersen, B. (2010). From Sequence Diagrams to State Machines by Graph Transformation. In: Tratt, L., Gogolla, M. (eds) Theory and Practice of Model Transformations. ICMT 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6142. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13688-7_7

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