Selected Publications

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Selected papers on MDE and Agile Processes

·         R. France, B. Rumpe; Model-driven Development of Complex Software: A Research Roadmap
Proceedings
of the ICSE 2007 Future of Software Engineering, May 2007.
pdf (pre-publication draft)

·         R. France, S. Ghosh, T. Dinh-Trong, A. Solberg; Model-Driven Development using UML 2.0: Promises and Pitfalls
IEEE Computer, 39(2); February 2006; 59-66.

·         Arnor Solberg, Robert France, Raghu Reddy, Navigating the MetaMuddle,
MODELS Fourth Workshop in Software Model Engineering, October 2005, Jamaica.

·         Daniel Turk, Robert France, Bernhard Rumpe, Assumptions Underlying Agile Software Development Processes,
Journal of Database Management (JDM), Special Issue on Agile Information Systems Development.
pdf (pre-publication draft)

 


Selected papers on View-oriented Design (a.k.a AOM)

Papers in bold font provide good starting points for exploring our work on AOM.

 

·         Murray Woodside, Dorina C. Petriu, Dorin B. Petriu, Jing Xu, Tauseef Israr, Geri Georg, Robert France, James M. Bieman, Siv Hilde Houmb, Jan Jurjens, Performance Analysis of Security Aspects by Weaving Scenarios Extracted from UML Models,
to be published in The Journal of Systems & Software.

·         Sten Lundesgaard, Arnor Solberg, Jon Oldevik, Robert France, Jan Oyvind Aagedal, Frank Eliassen, Construction and Execution of Adaptable Applications Using an Aspect- Oriented and Model Driven Approach,
IFIP DAIS 2007, LNCS 4531, 76-89, 2007.
pdf (pre-publication draft)

·         R. France, F. Fleurey, R. Reddy, B. Baudry, and S. Ghosh, Providing Support for Model Composition in Metamodels.
Proceedings of EDOC 2007, Annapolis, MD, USA, October 2007.
pdf (pre-publication draft)

·         F. Fleurey, B. Baudry, R. France, and S. Ghosh, A Generic Approach For Automatic Model Composition,
Proceedings of Aspect Oriented Modeling (AOM) Workshop associated to MoDELS'07, Nashville, TN, USA, 2007.

·         D. Simmonds, A. Solberg, R. Reddy, R. France, and S. Ghosh, 2006, Developing Service-Oriented Systems Using an Aspect-Oriented Model Driven Framework,
International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, Special Issue on Enterprise Distributed Object Computing (EDOC).

·         Sudipto Ghosh, Robert France, Devon Simmonds, Abhijit Bare, Brahmila Kamalakar, RoopashreeP. Shankar, Gagan Tandon, Peter Vile, Shuxin Yin, A Middleware Transparent Approach to Developing Distributed Applications,
Software Practice and Experience, Vol. 35, May 2005, 1131-1154.

·         Y. R. Reddy, S. Ghosh, R. France, G. Straw, J. Bieman, N. McEachen, E. Song, and G. Georg, Directives for Composing Aspect-Oriented Design Class Models,
Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (TAOSD), LNCS 3880, 75-105.
pdf (pre-publication draft)

·         Benoit Baudry, Franck Fleurey, Robert France, Raghu Reddy, Exploring the Relationship between Model Composition and Model Transformation,
MoDELS 2005 Aspect-Oriented Modeling Workshop, October 2005, Jamaica.

·         D. Simmonds, A. Solberg, R. Reddy, R. B. France, and S. Ghosh, An Aspect Oriented Model Driven Framework,
Proceedings of the 9th International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC 2005), Enschede, The Netherlands, September 19-23, 2005.
pdf (pre-publication draft)

·         Robert France, Indrakshi Ray, Geri Georg, Sudipto Ghosh, An Aspect-Oriented Approach to Design Modeling,
IEE Proceedings - Software, Special Issue on Early Aspects: Aspect-Oriented Requirements Engineering and Architecture Design, Vol. 151, No. 4, August 2004, 173-185.
pdf (pre-publication draft)


Selected papers on analyzing/testing models

·         Lijun Yu, Robert France, Indrakshi Ray, Scenario-based Static Analysis of UML Behavioral Properties,
Proceedings of MODELS, 2008.

·         S. Hilde Houmb, G. Georg, J. Jurjens, and R. France, An Integrated Security Verification and Security Design Trade-off Analysis Approach,
Chapter in Integrating Security and Software Engineering, editors Dr. Mouratidis and Dr. Giorgini, Idea Group Inc.

·         Orest Pilskalns, Anneliese Andrews, Andrew Knight, Sudipto Ghosh, Robert France, Testing UML Designs,
Information & Software Technology (IST), Elsevier.

·         T. Dinh-Trong, S. Ghosh, and R. B. France, A Systematic Approach to Generate Inputs to Test UML Design Models,
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE), Raleigh, North Carolina, 6-10 November 2006.

·         B. Baudry, T. Dinh-Trong, J-M. Mottu, D. Simmonds, R. France, S. Ghosh, F. Fleurey, and Y. Le Traon, Model Transformation Testing Challenges,
ECMDAWorkshop on Integration of Model-Driven Development and Model Driven Testing, 10-13 July, 2006, Spain.
pdf (pre-publication version)

·         Anneliese Andrews, Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh, Gerald Craig, Test Adequacy Criteria for UML Design Models,
Journal of Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, Vol. 13, No. 2, April-June 2003, 95-127.

·         Meta-Modelling Semantics of UML
Andy Evans, Robert France, Kevin Lano, Bernhard Rumpe
In book: Advances in Formalizing the Semantics of UML, Kluwer, 1999.
pdf (pre-publication version)

·         Incorporating a Formal Design Technique in an Industrial Setting
Robert B. France, Robert Busser, Maha Boughdadi
in Proceedings of The Ninth International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE98), IEEE Press.
(Extended version) Postscript file

·         Transforming UML models to formal specifications
Jean-Michel Bruel, Robert B. France
In Proceedings of the OOPSLA'98 Workshop on Formalizing UML: Why? How?
Postscript file

·         The UML as a Formal Modeling Notation
Robert France, Andy Evans, Kevin Lano, Bernhard Rumpe (the pUML group)
In Proceedings of The Unified Modeling Language - Workshop UML'98: Beyond the Notation
Jean Bezivin, Pierre-Alain Muller (eds.)
Springer Verlag Berlin, LNCS 1618, 1999
.
pdf (pre-publication version)

·         Rigorous Object-Oriented Modeling: Integrating Formal and Informal Notations
Robert B. France, Jean-Michel Bruel, Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Emmanuel Grant
in the Proceedings of the 6th International AMAST Conference, December 1997
Postscript file


2010

1.      Sebastien Mosser, Mireille Blay-Fornarino, and Robert France, 2010, Workflow Design using Fragment Composition: Crisis Management System Design through ADORE, Accepted for publication in Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development.

 

2.      Benoit Baudry, Sudipto Ghosh, Franck Fleurey, Robert France, Yves Le Traon and Jean-Marie Mottu, 2010, Barriers to Systematic Model Transformation Testing, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 53, No. 6, 2010.

 

3.      Mathieu Acher, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, Robert France, 2010, Comparing Approaches to Implement Feature Model Composition in Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA), vol. LNCS, pages 16, Springer, France, 15-18 June 2010.

 

4.      Mathieu Acher, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, Robert France, 2010, Managing Variability in Workflow with Feature Model Composition Operators, in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Composition (SC'10), vol. LNCS, pages 16, Springer, Malaga (Spain), June 28-July 2 2010.


2009

1.      Murray Woodside, Dorina C. Petriu, Dorin B. Petriu, Jing Xu, Tauseef Israr, Geri Georg,  Robert France, James M. Bieman, Siv Hilde Houmb, Jan Jurjens, 2009, Performance Analysis of Security Aspects by Weaving Scenarios Extracted from UML Models, The Journal of Systems & Software, Vol. 82, No. 1, January 2009, 56-74.

2.      Siv Hilde Houmb, Geri Georg, Dorina C. Petriu, Behzad Bordbar, Indrakshi Ray, Kyriakos Anastasakis, and Robert B. France, 2009, Balancing Security and Performance Properties During System Architectural Design, to be published as a chapter in Software Engineering for Secure Systems: Industrial and Research Perspectives, Haris Mouratidis, editor.

3.      Mathieu Acher, Philippe Collet, Philippe Lahire, Robert France, 2009, Composing Feature Models, (long paper) in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE'09), pages 20, LNCS, Denver, Colorado, USA, 5-6 Oct 2009.

4.      Lijun Yu, Robert France, Indrakshi Ray, Sudipto Ghosh, 2009, A Rigorous Approach to Uncovering Security Policy Violations in UML Designs, in Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS), IEEE Computer Society, 126-135.


2008

1.      Lijun Yu, Robert France, Indrakshi Ray, Scenario-based Static Analysis of UML Behavioral Properties, Proceedings of MODELS, 2008.

2.      C. Jeanneret, R. France, and B. Baudry, 2008. A reference process for model composition. In Proceedings of the 2008 AOSD Workshop on Aspect-Oriented Modeling, Brussels, Belgium, April 01 - 01, 2008. AOM '08. ACM, New York, NY, 1-6.


2007

1.    Orest Pilskalns, Anneliese Andrews, Andrew Knight, Sudipto Ghosh, Robert France, Testing UML Designs,
Information & Software Technology (IST), Elsevier.

2.    B. Henderson-Sellers, R. France, G. Georg, R. Reddy, A method engineering approach to developing aspect-oriented modelling processes based on the OPEN process framework,
Information & Software Technology (IST), Elsevier.

3.    Robert B. France, Bernhard Rumpe, Model-driven Development of Complex Software: A Research Roadmap,
The International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE): Future of Software Engineering Track, Minneapolis, May 2007.

4.    S. Hilde Houmb, G. Georg, J. Jurjens, and R. France, An Integrated Security Verification and Security Design Trade-off Analysis Approach,
Chapter in Integrating Security and Software Engineering, editors Dr. Mouratidis and Dr. Giorgini, Idea Group Inc.

5.    Lijun Yu, Robert France, Indrakshi Ray, Kevin Lano, A Light-weight Static Approach to Analyzing Behavioral Properties,
Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS), 2007, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2007.

6.    Sten Lundesgaard, Arnor Solberg, Jon Oldevik, Robert France, Jan Oyvind Aagedal, Frank Eliassen, Construction and Execution of Adaptable Applications Using an Aspect- Oriented and Model Driven Approach,
IFIP DAIS 2007, LNCS 4531, 76-89, 2007.

7.    Lydia Michotte, Robert France, Franck Fleurey, Modeling and Integrating Architectural Software Fault Tolerance Features.
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International EDOC Conference (EDOC 2007), Annapolis Maryland, U.S.A.

8.    R. France, F. Fleurey, R. Reddy, B. Baudry, and S. Ghosh, Providing Support for Model Composition in Metamodels.
Proceedings of EDOC 2007, Annapolis, MD, USA, October 2007.

9.    F. Fleurey, B. Baudry, R. France, and S. Ghosh, A Generic Approach For Automatic Model Composition,
Proceedings of Aspect Oriented Modeling (AOM) Workshop associated to MoDELS'07, Nashville, TN, USA, 2007 (Awarded one of two Best Papers).


2006

1.    R. France, S. Ghosh, T. Dinh-Trong, and A. Solberg, 2006, Model-Driven Development Using UML 2.0: Promises and Pitfalls,
IEEE Computer, Vol. 39, No. 2, February 2006, 59-66.

2.    D. Simmonds, A. Solberg, R. Reddy, R. France, and S. Ghosh, 2006, Developing Service-Oriented Systems Using an Aspect-Oriented Model Driven Framework,
International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, Special Issue on Enterprise Distributed Object Computing (EDOC).

3.    D. Simmonds, R. France, and S. Ghosh, Using Directives to Implement Model Transformations,
Chapter in
From MDD Concepts to Experiments and Illustrations, editors: Jean-Philippe Babau, Joel Champeau, and Sebastien Gerard, ISTE Ltd., pp 25-41.

4.    T. Dinh-Trong, S. Ghosh, and R. B. France, A Systematic Approach to Generate Inputs to Test UML Design Models,
Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE), Raleigh, North Carolina, 6-10 November 2006.

5.    B. Baudry, T. Dinh-Trong, J-M. Mottu, D. Simmonds, R. France, S. Ghosh, F. Fleurey, and Y. Le Traon, Model Transformation Testing Challenges,
ECMDAWorkshop on Integration of Model-Driven Development and Model Driven Testing, 10-13 July, 2006, Spain.


2005

1.    Sudipto Ghosh, Robert France, Devon Simmonds, Abhijit Bare, Brahmila Kamalakar, RoopashreeP. Shankar, Gagan Tandon, Peter Vile, Shuxin Yin, A Middleware Transparent Approach to Developing Distributed Applications,
Software Practice and Experience, Vol. 35, May 2005, 1131-1154.

2.    Y. R. Reddy, S. Ghosh, R. France, G. Straw, J. Bieman, N. McEachen, E. Song, and G. Georg, Directives for Composing Aspect-Oriented Design Class Models,
Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (TAOSD), LNCS 3880, 75-105.

3.    A. Andrews, E. Mancebo, P. Runeson, R. France, A Framework for Design Tradeoffs,
Software Quality Control, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2005, 377-405.

4.    Daniel Turk, Robert France, Bernhard Rumpe, Assumptions Underlying Agile Software Development Processes,
Journal of Database Management (JDM), Special Issue on Agile Information Systems Development.

5.    Robert France, Modeling Dependability Features,
Chapter in Model Driven Engineering for Distributed Real-time Embedded Systems, editors: Sebastien Gerard, Jean-Philippe Babau, and Joel Champeau, Hermes.

6.    D. Simmonds, A. Solberg, R. Reddy, R. B. France, and S. Ghosh, An Aspect Oriented Model Driven Framework,
Proceedings of the 9th International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC 2005), Enschede, The Netherlands, September 19-23, 2005.

7.    Solberg, D. Simmonds, R. Reddy, S. Ghosh, and R. France, Using Aspect Oriented Techniques to Support Separation of Concerns in Model Driven Development,
Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2005), Edinburgh, Scotland, July 25-28, 2005.

8.    Siv Hilde Houmb, Geri Georg, Robert France, James M. Bieman, Jan Jurjens, Cost- Benefit Trade-Off Analysis using BBN for Aspect-Oriented Risk-Driven Development,
Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS), Shanghai, China, June 16-20, 2005.

9.    T. Dinh-Trong, N. Kawane, S. Ghosh, R. France, A. A. Andrews, A Tool-Supported Approach to Testing UML Design Models,
Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS), Shanghai, China, June 16-20, 2005.

10.  Eunjee Song, Raghu Reddy, Robert France, Indrakshi Ray, Geri Georg, Roger Alexander, Verifiable Composition of Access Control Features and Applications,
Proceedings of the 10th ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT 2005), Scandic Hasselbacken, Stockholm, June 1-3, 2005.

11.  Siv Hilde Homb, Geri Georg, Robert France, Raghu Reddy, and James Bieman, Predicting availability of systems using BBN in Aspect-Oriented Risk-Driven Development,
Proceedings of the Symposium on Risk Management and Cyber-Informatics (RMCI 2005), Orlando, Florida, July, 2005.

12.  T. Dinh-Trong, S. Ghosh, R. B. France, M. Hamilton, and B. Wilkins, UMLAnT: An Eclipse Plugin for Animating and Testing UML Designs,
Eclipse Technology Exchange Workshop, in conjunction with OOPSLA, San Diego, USA.

13.  Trung Dinh-Trong, Sudipto Ghosh, Robert France, Benoit Baudry, Franck Fleurey, A Taxonomy of Faults for UML Models,
Second Workshop on Model Design and Validation held in conjunction with MoDELS 2005.

14.  Trung Dinh-Trong, Sudipto Ghosh, Robert France, and Anneliese Andrews, Generating Test Data to test UML Design Models,
MoDELS 2005
Second Workshop on Model Design and Validation, October 2005, Jamaica.

15.  Benoit Baudry, Franck Fleurey, Robert France, Raghu Reddy, Exploring the Relationship between Model Composition and Model Transformation,
MoDELS 2005
Aspect-Oriented Modeling Workshop, October 2005, Jamaica.

16.  Raghu Reddy, Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh, Franck Fleurey, Benoit Baudry, Model Composition: A Signature-Based Approach,
MoDELS 2005
Aspect-Oriented Modeling Work- shop, October 2005, Jamaica.

17.  Arnor Solberg, Robert France, Navigating the MetaMuddle,
MoDELS
Fourth Workshop in Software Model Engineering, October 2005, Jamaica.

18.  Raghu Reddy, Robert France and Geri Georg, Aspect Oriented Modeling approach to Analyzing Dependability Features,
Aspect Oriented Modeling workshop held in conjunction with Aspect Oriented Software Development (AOSD 2005) conference, March 14-18, 2005, Chicago.


2004

1.    Robert France, Indrakshi Ray, Geri Georg, Sudipto Ghosh, An Aspect-Oriented Approach to Design Modeling,
IEE Proceedings - Software, Special Issue on Early Aspects: Aspect-Oriented Requirements Engineering and Architecture Design, Vol. 151, No. 4, August 2004, 173-185.

2.    Robert France, Dae-Kyoo Kim, Sudipto Ghosh, Eunjee Song, A UML-Based Pattern Specification Technique,
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), Vol. 30, No. 3, March 2004, 193-206.

3.    Dae-Kyoo Kim, Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh, A UML-Based Language for Specifying Domain-Specific Patterns,
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, Vol. 15, Elsevier, 2 265-289 (Second most downloaded paper for the journal in 2004).

4.    Indrakshi Ray, Robert France, Na Li, Geri Georg, An Aspect-Based Approach to Modeling Access Control Concerns,
Information & Software Technology (IST), Vol. 46, Elsevier, 575-587.

5.    Geri Georg, Raghu Reddy, Robert France, Specifying Cross-Cutting Requirements Concerns,
Proceedings of the International Conference on the UML, October 2004. (Acceptance rate 22%)

6.    Greg Straw, Geri Georg, Eunjee Song, Sudipto Ghosh, Robert France, Jim Bieman, Model Composition Directives,
Proceedings of the International Conference on the UML, October 2004. (Acceptance rate 22%)

7.    Indrakshi Ray, Na Li, Robert France, Dae-Kyoo Kim, Using UML to Visualize Role- Based Access Control Constraints,
Proceedings of the Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT 2004), 115-124.

8.    Dae-Kyoo Kim, Indrakshi Ray, Robert France and Na Li, Modeling Role-Based Access Control Using Parameterized UML Models,
Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering (FASE 2004), 180-193. (Acceptance rate 23%)

9.    Sheena Judson, Robert France, Doris Carver, Supporting Rigorous Evolution of UML Models,
Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Complex Computer Systems 2004 (ICECCS 2004), 128-137.

10.  Anneliese Andrews, Per Runeson, and Robert France, Requirements Trade-offs During UML Design,
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems (ECBS 2004), 282-292.

 


2000-2003

1.    Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh, Eunjee Song, Dae-Kyoo Kim, A Metamodeling Approach to Pattern-based Model Refactoring,
IEEE Software, Vol. 20, No. 5, September/October 2003, 52-58.

2.    Anneliese Andrews, Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh, Gerald Craig, Test Adequacy Criteria for UML Design Models,
Journal of Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, Vol. 13, No. 2, April-June 2003, 95-127.

3.    Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh, and Dan Turk, Supporting Effective Software Modeling,
L'Objet: Software, Databases, Networks, Vol. 9, No. 4/2003, 11-29.

4.    Anneliese vonMayrhauser, Robert France, Michael Scheetz, Eric Dahlman, Generating Test Cases from an Object-Oriented Model with an Artificial Intelligence Planning System,
IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 49, No. 1, 26-36.

5.    Kevin Lano, Robert B. France, and Jean-Michel Bruel, A Semantic Comparison of Fusion and Syntropy,
The Computer Journal, Vol. 43, No. 6, 451-468.

6.    Emanuel Grant, Robert France, Sam Hsu, Towards an Internet-based Education Model for Caribbean Countries,
Journal of Educational Media, Vol. 25, No. 1, Taylor & Francis Ltd/Commonwealth of Learning, 21-30.

7.      A MetaModeling Approach to Model Refactoring
Sheena Judson, Doris Carver, Robert France
submitted to UML 2003.
.pdf file

8.      Robert France, Dae-Kyoo Kim, Eunjee Song, Sudipto Ghosh, 2003, Using Roles to Characterize Model Families,
Chapter in
Practical foundations of business and system specifications, editor: Haim Kilov, Kluwer.

9.    Sudipto Ghosh, Robert France, Conrad Braganza, Nilesh Kawane, Anneliese Andrews and Orest Pilskalns, Test Adequacy Assessment for UML Design Model Testing,
Proceedings of International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2003), 332-343.

10.  Dae Kyoo Kim, Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh, and Eunjee Song, A Role-Based Meta- modeling Approach to Specifying Design Patterns,
Proceedings of 27th Annual Interna- tional Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2003), 452-457.

11.  Orest Pilskalns, Anneliese Andrews, Sudipto Ghosh, and Robert France, Rigorous Testing by Merging Structural and Behavioral UML Representations,
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Unified Modeling Language (UML 2003), 234-248.

12.  Devon Simmonds, Sudipto Ghosh, and Robert France, An MDA Framework for Middle- ware Transparent Software Development and Quality of Service,
Proceedings of Workshop on Qos in Component-Based Software Engineering, Toulouse, France, June 20, 2003.

13.  Indrakshi Ray, Na Li, Dae-Kyoo Kim, Robert France, Using Parameterized UML to Specify and Compose Access Control Models,
Proceedings of Sixth IFIP TC-11 WG 11.5 Working Conference on Integrity and Internal Control in Information Systems (IICIS 2003), Kluwer Academic Publishers.

14.  Geri Georg, Indrakshi Ray, Robert France, Using Aspects to Design a Secure System,
Proceedings of the Interational Conference on Engineering Complex Computing Systems (ICECCS 2002), 117-126.

15.  Dae-Kyoo Kim, Robert France, Sudipto Ghosh, Eunjee Song, Using Role-Based Modeling Language (RBML) as Precise Characterizations of Model Families,
Proceedings of the Interational Conference on Engineering Complex Computing Systems (ICECCS 2002), 107-116.

16.  Geri Georg, Robert France, Indrakshi Ray, Designing High Integrity Systems using Aspects,
Proceedings of the Fifth IFIP TC-11 WG 11.5 Working Conference on Integrity and Internal Control in Information Systems (IICIS 2002), 37-57.

17.  Dan Turk, Robert France, Bernhard Rumpe, Limitations of Agile Software Processes,
Proceedings of the Conference on Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering.

18.  Robert B. France, James Bieman, Multi-View Software Evolution: A UML-based Framework for Evolving Object-Oriented Software,
Proceedings of the International Con- ference on Software Maintenance (ICSM 2001), 386-394.

19.  Jean-Michel Bruel, Brian Henderson-Sellers, Franck Barbier, Alain le Parc, Robert B. France, Improving the UML Metamodel to Rigorously Specify Aggregation and Composition,
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Object-Oriented Information Systems (OOIS 2001), Springer, 5-14.

20.  Robert B. France, Sudipto Ghosh, Daniel Turk, Towards a Model-Driven Approach to Reuse,
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Object-Oriented Information Systems (OOIS 2001), Springer, 181-190.

21.  Emanuel Grant, Robert France, Ramchander Varadarajan, Adam Carheden, Jean-Michel Bruel, UML2Z: An UML-Based Object-Oriented Modeling Tool for an Internet In-tegrated Formalization Process,
Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Object-Oriented Information Systems (OOIS'2000), 280-289.


1994-2000

1.      A Problem-Oriented Analysis of Basic UML Static Modeling Concepts
Robert France
In the proceedings of OOPSLA'99, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, vol. 34, no. 10, October 1999.
Postscript file

2.      Towards Formal Reasoning with UML Models
Andy Evans, Robert France, Emanuel Grant
In Proceedings of the OOPSLA'99 Workshop on Behavioral Semantics, 1999.
Postscript file

3.      Generating Test Cases from an OO Model with an AI Planning System
Michael Scheetz, Anneliese von Mayrhauser, Robert France, Eric Dahlman, and Adele E. Howe
in the proceedings of ISSRE'99, IEEE-Press, 1999.

4.      An Industrial Application of an Integrated UML and SDL Modeling Technique
Robert B. France, Maha Boughdadi, Robert Busser
in proceedings of the 23rd International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'99), IEEE-Press, 1999.
Postscript file

5.      Meta-Modelling Semantics of UML
Andy Evans, Robert France, Kevin Lano, Bernhard Rumpe
In book: Advances in Formalizing the Semantics of UML, Kluwer, 1999.

6.      Incorporating a Formal Design Technique in an Industrial Setting
Robert B. France, Robert Busser, Maha Boughdadi
in Proceedings of The Ninth International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE98), IEEE Press.
(Extended version) Postscript file

7.      Transforming UML models to formal specifications
Jean-Michel Bruel, Robert B. France
In Proceedings of the OOPSLA'98 Workshop on Formalizing UML: Why? How?.
Postscript file

8.      The UML as a Formal Modeling Notation
Robert France, Andy Evans, Kevin Lano, Bernhard Rumpe (the pUML group)
Computer Standards and Interfaces: Special Issues on Formal Development Techniques, 1998.

9.      Applying Fusion/UML to the Invoicing Problem
Robert B. France and Jean-Michel Bruel
FAU-TR (edited version appears in the Proceedings of the Int. Workshop on: Comparing Systems Specification Techniques, Nantes, France eds. Michel Allemand, Chritian Attiogbe and Henri Habrias, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Nantes, ISBN = 2-906082-29-5, 1998)
Compressed Postscript file

10.  A Characterization of Aggregation
Monika Saksena, Robert B. France, Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Object-Oriented Information Systems (OOIS'98), September 1998. Edited version printed in the International Journal of Computer Systems Science \& Engineering.
postscript file

11.  Extending the Notion of Aggregation in UML
Monika Saksena, Maria Larrondo-Petrie, Robert France, Matthew Evett, in the proceedings of the UML'98 International Workshop, Mulhouse, France, 3rd-4th June 1998.
postscript file

12.  Rigorous Object-Oriented Modeling: Integrating Formal and Informal Notations
Robert B. France, Jean-Michel Bruel, Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Emmanuel Grant
in the Proceedings of the 6th International AMAST Conference, December 1997
Postscript file

13.  Towards Rigorous Analysis of Fusion Models: The MIRG Experience
Robert B. France, Jean-Michel Bruel, and Gopal Raghavan
FAU-TR (revised version appears in Proceedings of the 2nd Northern Formal Methods Workshop)
Compressed PostScript file

14.  Towards a Rigorous Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Method
Robert B. France, Jean-Michel Bruel, Monika Saksena, Emanuel Grant, and Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie
in the Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods (ICFEM'97), 1997.
Postscript file

15.  Exploring the Semantics of UML Type Structures with Z
Robert B. France, Jean-Michel Bruel, Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, and Malcolm Shroff
in the Proceedings of the Formal Methods for Open Object-based Distributed Systems (FMOODS'97), 1997

16.  Towards a Formalization of UML Class Structures in Z
M. Shroff and R. B. France.
TR-CSE-97-4 (also appears in COMPSAC'97)
Compressed PostScript file (21 pgs.)

17.  Using Integrated and Formal Modeling Techniques To Analyze Software Requirements: A Case Study
R. B. France and J.-M. Bruel
TR-CSE-97-3
Compressed Postscript file

18.  Towards a Formal Semantic Base for the Type Models of the Unified Modeling Language Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Robert B. France, Monika Saskena, and Malcolm Shroff
in the Proceedings of Formal Methods Pacific (FMP'97), 1997

19.  Taming the Octopus: Using formal models to integrate the Octopus object oriented analysis models
Robert B. France, Jean-Michel Bruel, and Gopal Raghavan
in Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE High-Assurance Systems Engineering Workshop (HASE'97), 1997

20.  Comparison of Fusion and Syntropy
Kevin Lano, Robert B. France, and Jean-Michel Bruel
to be published in Object-Oriented Systems, 1997

21.  Formalizing Fusion Object Oriented Analysis Models
B. W. Bates, J.-M. Bruel, R. B. France, and M. M. Larrondo-Petrie.
In Proceedings of the First IFIP International workshop on Formal Methods for Open Object-based Distributed Systems (FMOODS'96), Paris, France, March 4-6 1996.

22.  A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using Integrated Methods to Support Rigorous Requirements Specification,
Robert France, Jie Wu, Maria Larrondo-Petrie and Jean-Michel Bruel.
In Proceedings of the BCS FACS Methods Integration Workshop, Leeds, UK, March 25-26, 1996.
Compressed PostScript file (18p.)

23.  Guidelines for Formalizing Fusion Object Oriented Analysis Models
B. W. Bates, J.-M. Bruel, R. B. France, and M. M. Larrondo-Petrie.
In Proceedings of CAISE, Crete, Greece, 20-24 May, 1996.

24.  FuZE--Draft of the User's Guide
J.-M. Bruel, Bharat Chintapally, R. B. France, Gopal Raghavan and M. M. Larrondo-Petrie.
FAU Technical Report TR-CSE-96-9, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL-33431, USA.
Compressed PostScript file (35p.)

25.  The Role of Integrated Specification Techniques in Complex System Modeling and Analysis
R. B. France, J.-M. Bruel.
In Proceedings of the Workshop on Real-Time Systems Education, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. IEEE Computer Society Press. April 1996.
Compressed PostScript file (9p.)

26.  A Formal Object-Oriented CASE Tool for the Development of Complex Systems
J.-M. Bruel and R. B. France,
In Proceedings of the 7th European Workshop on Next Generation of Case Tools (NGCT'96), Crete, Greece, 20--21 May 1996.
compressed PostScript file (11p.)

27.  Formal Analysis of Information Systems using an Integrated Approach based on Extended Petri Nets
R. B. France, J.-M. Bruel.
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS'96), Orlando, USA, July 23-26, 1996.
compressed PostScript file (11p.)

28.  A Tool for Rigorous Analysis of Object Models
J.-M. Bruel, R. B. France, Bahrat Chintapally, and Gopal Raghavan.
In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Technology of Oject-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS), Santa Barbara, California, July 29 -- August 2, 1996.
Compressed PostScript file (19p.)

29.  FuZE: A Fusion/Z Environment
R. B. France and J.-M. Bruel.
Fusion Newsletter, 4(3), July 1996. Invited paper.
Compressed PostScript file (6p.)

30.  An Integrated Object-Oriented and Formal Modeling Environment
R. B. France, J.-M. Bruel, M. M. Larrondo-Petrie.
in the Journal of Object-Oriented Programming (JOOP), Nov/Dec 1997, Vol. 10, No. 7.

31.  Formal Analysis of Information Systems using an Integrated Approach based on Extended Petri Nets
R. B. France, J.-M. Bruel.
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS'96), Orlando, USA, 22--26 July 1996.

32.  CASE-based Rigorous Object-Oriented Modeling
J.-M. Bruel, R. B. France, M. M. Larrondo-Petrie, Gopal Raghavan, and Bharat Chintapally.
in Proceedings of the Northern Formal Methods Workshop (NFMW'96), University of Bradford, U.K., 23--24 September, 1996.

33.  A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using Integrated Methods to Support Rigorous Requirements Specification,
Robert B. France, Jie Wu, Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie and Jean-Michel Bruel.
FAU Technical Report TR-CSE-95-41, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL-33431, USA.
Compressed PostScript file (17p.)

34.  Formalizing Fusion Object-Oriented Models
B. W. Bates, J.-M. Bruel, R. B. France, and M. M. Larrondo-Petrie.
FAU Technical Report TR-CSE-95-44, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL-33431, USA.
PostScript file (17p.)

35.  From Structured Analysis to Formal Specifications: State of the Theory
R. B. France, M. M. Larrondo-Petrie.
In Proceedings of the ACM Computer Science Conference, 1994.

36.  Towards Systematic Formalization of Informal requirements Specifications: A Case Study on the Vending Machine Problem
R. B. France, Jie Wu.
In Proceedings of the ISCA International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, ISCA, 1994.

37.  Understanding the Role of Formal Specification Techniques in Requirements Engineering
R. B. France, M. M. Larrondo-Petrie.
In Proceedings of the Conference on Software Engineering Education'95, Springer-Verlag, 1995.

38.  A Two-Dimensional View of Integrated Formal and Informal Specification Techniques
R. B. France, M. M. Larrondo-Petrie.
In Proceedings of the Z Users Meeting'95, Springer-Verlag, 1995.


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