July 2008
Intermediate to advanced
544 pages
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English
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1.3 Formalisms for System Design 27
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FIGURE 1.9
Links and association.
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State
Name
FIGURE 1.10
A state and transition in UML.
in UML. A stereotype name is written in the form <<signal>>. Figure 1.11 shows a
stereotype for a signal, which is a communication mechanism.
1.3.2 Behavioral Description
We have to specify the behavior of the system as well as its structure. One way to
specify the behavior of an operation ...