Executable UML: A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture
by Stephen J. Mellor, Marc J. Balcer

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Book Review: A UML profile for serious system development
Summary: 5 Stars

Fortunately, Mellor and Balcer have given us some real help here. This book is a comprehensive presentation of how to give UML executable semantics. I feel that the emphasis on execution semantics is key. When you write code, you are able to execute it in your head and verify that you think it's correct. You may still make mistakes and introduce bugs, but the process
is concrete. The same definiteness needs to be there when you are modeling. If the model is to be truly a more abstract representative of the system you are designing then you must be able the "execute" the model and predict how the system will behave in its ultimate implementation. And, of course, if the model is that definite then it should be possible to derive automatically the implementation from the model. All of this and much more is discussed in detail in this book. If you struggle, like I do, to deal with your systems problems at a higher
level of abstraction, this is a book you need to read.

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