An approach for model-driven design and generation of performance test cases with UML and MARTE

Antonio García-Domínguez; Inmaculada Medina-Bulo; Mariano Marcos-Bárcena

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36177-7_9

An approach for model-driven design and generation of performance test cases with UML and MARTE

Antonio García-Domínguez, Inmaculada Medina-Bulo, Mariano Marcos-Bárcena

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Abstract

High-quality software needs to meet both functional and non-functional requirements. In some cases, software must accomplish specific performance requirements, but most of the time, only high-level performance requirements are available: it is up to the developer to decide what performance should be expected from each part of the system. In this work, we show several algorithms that infer the required throughput and time limits for each action in an UML activity diagram from a global constraint and some optional local annotations. After studying their theoretical and empirical performance, we propose an approach for generating performance test cases from the activity diagram after it has been implemented as code. Our approach decouples the performance analysis model from the implementation details of the code to be tested.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software and Data Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	6th International Conference, ICSOFT 2011 Seville, Spain, July 18-21, 2011 Revised Selected Papers
Editors	María José Escalona, José Cordeiro, Boris Shishkov
Place of Publication	Berlin (DE)
Publisher	Springer
Pages	136-150
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-36177-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-36176-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36177-7_9
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Seville, Spain Duration: 18 Jul 2011 → 21 Jul 2011

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Publisher	Spinger
Volume	303
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies
Abbreviated title	ICSOFT 2011
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Seville
Period	18/07/11 → 21/07/11

Keywords

MARTE
model weaving
model-driven engineering
non-functional requirements
performance testing
UML

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García-Domínguez, A., Medina-Bulo, I., & Marcos-Bárcena, M. (2013). An approach for model-driven design and generation of performance test cases with UML and MARTE. In M. J. Escalona, J. Cordeiro, & B. Shishkov (Eds.), Software and Data Technologies: 6th International Conference, ICSOFT 2011 Seville, Spain, July 18-21, 2011 Revised Selected Papers (pp. 136-150). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 303). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36177-7_9

García-Domínguez, Antonio ; Medina-Bulo, Inmaculada ; Marcos-Bárcena, Mariano. / An approach for model-driven design and generation of performance test cases with UML and MARTE. Software and Data Technologies: 6th International Conference, ICSOFT 2011 Seville, Spain, July 18-21, 2011 Revised Selected Papers. editor / María José Escalona ; José Cordeiro ; Boris Shishkov. Berlin (DE) : Springer, 2013. pp. 136-150 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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García-Domínguez, A, Medina-Bulo, I & Marcos-Bárcena, M 2013, An approach for model-driven design and generation of performance test cases with UML and MARTE. in MJ Escalona, J Cordeiro & B Shishkov (eds), Software and Data Technologies: 6th International Conference, ICSOFT 2011 Seville, Spain, July 18-21, 2011 Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 303, Springer, Berlin (DE), pp. 136-150, 6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies, Seville, Spain, 18/07/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36177-7_9

An approach for model-driven design and generation of performance test cases with UML and MARTE. / García-Domínguez, Antonio; Medina-Bulo, Inmaculada; Marcos-Bárcena, Mariano.
Software and Data Technologies: 6th International Conference, ICSOFT 2011 Seville, Spain, July 18-21, 2011 Revised Selected Papers. ed. / María José Escalona; José Cordeiro; Boris Shishkov. Berlin (DE): Springer, 2013. p. 136-150 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 303).

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García-Domínguez A, Medina-Bulo I, Marcos-Bárcena M. An approach for model-driven design and generation of performance test cases with UML and MARTE. In Escalona MJ, Cordeiro J, Shishkov B, editors, Software and Data Technologies: 6th International Conference, ICSOFT 2011 Seville, Spain, July 18-21, 2011 Revised Selected Papers. Berlin (DE): Springer. 2013. p. 136-150. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-36177-7_9

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