The document discusses various system modeling techniques including context models, interaction models, structural models, and behavioral models. Context models illustrate the operational context of a system and its relationships with external systems. Interaction models such as use case diagrams and sequence diagrams are used to model user interactions and system communications. Structural models like class diagrams show the organization of a system through its components and relationships. Behavioral models represent the dynamic behavior of a system through techniques like activity diagrams and state transition diagrams.
The document discusses various system modeling techniques including context models, interaction models, structural models, and behavioral models. Context models illustrate the operational context of a system and its relationships with external systems. Interaction models such as use case diagrams and sequence diagrams are used to model user interactions and system communications. Structural models like class diagrams show the organization of a system through its components and relationships. Behavioral models represent the dynamic behavior of a system through techniques like activity diagrams and state transition diagrams.
Fajar Pradana S.ST., M.Eng Topics covered • Context models • Interaction models • Structural models • Behavioral models System modeling • System modeling is the process of developing abstract models of a system, with each model presenting a different view or perspective of that system. • System modeling may represent a system using graphical notation, e.g. the Unified Modeling Language (UML). • System modelling helps the analyst to understand the functionality of the system and models are used to communicate with customers. System Perspectives • An context/external perspective ▪ model the context or environment of the system. • An interaction perspective ▪ model the interactions between a system and its environment, or between the components of a system. • A structural perspective ▪ model the organization of a system or the structure of the data that is processed by the system. • A behavioral perspective ▪ model the dynamic behavior of the system and how it responds to events. Why Use of Graphical Models? • As a means of facilitating discussion about an existing or proposed system ▪ Incomplete and incorrect models are OK as their role is to support discussion. • As a way of documenting an existing system ▪ Models should be an accurate representation of the system but need not be complete. • As a detailed system description that can be used to generate a system implementation ▪ Models have to be both correct and complete. UML diagram types • Activity diagrams, which show the activities involved in a process or in data processing . • Use case diagrams, which show the interactions between a system and its environment. • Sequence diagrams, which show interactions between actors and the system and between system components. • Class diagrams, which show the object classes in the system and the associations between these classes. • State diagrams, which show how the system reacts to internal and external events. Context Models Context models • Context models are used to illustrate the operational context of a system - they show what lies outside the system boundaries. • Social and organisational concerns may affect the decision on where to position system boundaries. • Architectural models show the system and its relationship with other systems. The Context of the MHC-PMS • Mental Health Care – Patient Management Systems Process perspective • Context models simply show the other systems in the environment, not how the system being developed is used in that environment. • Process models reveal how the system being developed is used in broader business processes. • UML activity diagrams may be used to define business process models. Process model of involuntary detention Interaction Models Interaction models • Modeling user interaction is important as it helps to identify user requirements. • Modeling system-to-system interaction highlights the communication problems that may arise. • Modeling component interaction helps us understand if a proposed system structure is likely to deliver the required system performance and dependability. • Use case diagrams and sequence diagrams may be used for interaction modeling. Use case modeling • Use cases were developed originally to support requirements elicitation and now incorporated into the UML. • Each use case represents a discrete task that involves external interaction with a system. • Actors in a use case may be people or other systems. • Represented diagramatically to provide an overview of the use case and in a more detailed textual form. Transfer-data use case • A use case in the MHC-PMS Tabular description of the ‘Transfer data’ use-case
MHC-PMS: Transfer data
Actors Medical receptionist, patient records system (PRS) A receptionist may transfer data from the MHC-PMS to a general patient record database that is maintained by a health authority. The information transferred may either Description be updated personal information (address, phone number, etc.) or a summary of the patient’s diagnosis and treatment. Data Patient’s personal information, treatment summary Stimulus User command issued by medical receptionist Response Confirmation that PRS has been updated The receptionist must have appropriate security Comments permissions to access the patient information and the PRS. Use cases in the MHC-PMS involving the role ‘Medical Receptionist’ Sequence diagrams • Sequence diagrams are part of the UML and are used to model the interactions between the actors and the objects within a system. • A sequence diagram shows the sequence of interactions that take place during a particular use case or use case instance. • The objects and actors involved are listed along the top of the diagram, with a dotted line drawn vertically from these. • Interactions between objects are indicated by annotated arrows. Sequence diagram for View patient information Structural Models Structural models • Structural models of software display the organization of a system in terms of the components that make up that system and their relationships. • Structural models may be static models, which show the structure of the system design, or dynamic models, which show the organization of the system when it is executing. • You create structural models of a system when you are discussing and designing the system architecture. Class diagrams • Class diagrams are used when developing an object-oriented system model to show the classes in a system and the associations between these classes. • An object class can be thought of as a general definition of one kind of system object. • An association is a link between classes that indicates that there is some relationship between these classes. • When you are developing models during the early stages of the software engineering process, objects represent something in the real world, such as a patient, a prescription, doctor, etc. UML classes and association Classes and associations in the MHC-PMS The Consultation class Generalization • Generalization is an everyday technique that we use to manage complexity. • In a generalization, the attributes and operations associated with higher-level classes are also associated with the lower-level classes. • The lower-level classes are subclasses inherit the attributes and operations from their superclasses. These lower-level classes then add more specific attributes and operations. A Generalization Hierarchy A generalization hierarchy with added detail Behavioral Models Behavioral models • Behavioral models are models of the dynamic behavior of a system as it is executing. They show what happens or what is supposed to happen when a system responds to a stimulus from its environment. • You can think of these stimuli as being of two types: ▪ Data Some data arrives that has to be processed by the system. ▪ Events Some event happens that triggers system processing. Events may have associated data, although this is not always the case. An activity model of the insulin pump’s operation UML: State transition diagram Key points • Behavioral models are used to describe the dynamic behavior of an executing system. This behavior can be modeled from the perspective of the data processed by the system, or by the events that stimulate responses from a system. • Activity diagrams may be used to model the processing of data, where each activity represents one process step. • State diagrams are used to model a system’s behavior in response to internal or external events. 34