@article{8867,
  author = {Muhammad Iqbal and Shaukat Ali and Tao Yue and Lionel Briand},
  title = {Applying UML/MARTE on Industrial Projects: Challenges, Experiences, and Guidelines},
  abstract = {MARTE (Modeling and Analysis of Real-Time and Embedded Systems) is a UML profile, which has been developed to model concepts specific to Real-Time and Embedded Systems (RTES). In the last five years, we have applied UML/MARTE to three distinct industrial problems in three industry sectors: architecture modeling and configuration of large-scale and highly configurable integrated control systems, model-based robustness testing of communication-intensive systems, and model-based environment simulator generation of large-scale RTES for testing. In this paper, we report on our experience of solving these problems by applying UML/MARTE on four industrial case studies. We highlight the challenges we faced with respect to the industrial adoption of MARTE. Based on our combined experience, we derive a framework to guide practitioners for future applications of UML/MARTE in an industrial context. The framework provides a set of detailed guidelines that help reduce the gap between the modeling notations and real-world industrial application needs.},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Software and Systems Modeling},
  number = {1619-1366},
  pages = {1-19},
  month = {March 2014},
  publisher = {Springer Publishing Company},
}