Title :
Using Sequence Diagrams to Detect Communication Problems between Systems
Author :
Lindvall, Mikael ; Ackermann, Chris ; Stratton, William C. ; Sibol, Deane E. ; Ray, Amab ; Yonkwa, Lyly ; Kresser, Jan ; Godfrey, Sally ; Knodel, Jens
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Center for Exp. Software Eng. Maryland, College Park, MD
Abstract :
Many software systems are evolving complex system of systems (SoS) for which inter-system communication is both mission-critical and error-prone. Such communication problems ideally would be detected before deployment. In a NASA-supported Software Assurance Research Program (SARP) project, we are researching a new approach addressing such problems. In this paper, we show that problems in the communication between two systems can be detected by using sequence diagrams to model the planned communication and by comparing the planned sequence to the actual sequence. We identify different kinds of problems that can be addressed by modeling the planned sequence using different level of abstractions.
Keywords :
software engineering; NASA-supported Software Assurance Research Program; communication problems; complex system of systems; inter-system communication; planned sequence; sequence diagrams; software systems; Application software; Biographies; Communication system software; Computer architecture; Laboratories; Mission critical systems; Physics; Software engineering; Software systems; Space missions;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1487-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2008.4526571