Extending use cases and interaction diagrams to develop distributed system architecture requirements
Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Fernandez, Eduardo B.
Abstract
Current object-oriented development methodologies do not introduce distributed system architectural aspects early enough in the system development cycle. A development partitioning scheme that includes the system level, in addition to the problem and application levels, will encourage analysis that includes elicitation of non-functional system requirements. These requirements include response time with respect to system communication load, fault tolerance, safety, security, and real-time deadlines, among others. They can be documented with an extended form of Jacobson's use cases. Where use cases describe how a system will work from a user's point of view, extended use cases add the capability to describe how well it should work. System level analysis information can be graphically depicted on extended forms of Unified Modeling Language (UML) interaction diagrams and on multilevel architecture diagrams.
Extent
106 p.
Recommended Citation
Hawkins, John C., "Extending use cases and interaction diagrams to develop distributed system architecture requirements" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1139.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1139
Identifier
FADT15406
Comments
College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|College of Engineering and Computer Science