Abstract
Keywords:
UML, inconsistency, assessment, critical systems
Abstract:
The UML modelling language provides di- agrams allowing multiple viewpoints of one system to be described. However, certain sets of elements of a model can be inconsistent. Inconsistencies are not drawbacks of the language as they highlight the presence of faults in the models. This paper proposes an assessment of the inconsistencies in order to estimate the e®ort which must be provided to handle them.