May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
12h 59m
English
Modeling is discussed in Chapter 1.
When you model something, you create a simplification of reality so that you can better understand the system you are developing. Using the UML, you build your models from basic building blocks, such as classes, interfaces, collaborations, components, nodes, dependencies, generalizations, and associations.
Diagrams are the means by which you view these building blocks. A diagram is a graphical presentation of a set of elements, most often rendered as a connected graph of vertices (things) and arcs (relationships). ...