In this thesis, we describe how to use UML sequence diagrams with MARTE timing constraints to specify entirely the behavior of component-based systems while abstracting as much as possible the functional roles of components composing it. We have shown how to conduct compositional analysis of such specifications. For this, we have defined operational semantics to sequence diagrams by translating them into TIOSTS which are symbolic automata with timing constraints. We have used symbolic execution techniques to compute possible executions of the system in the form of a symbolic tree. We have defined projection mechanisms to extract the execution tree associated with any distinguished component. The resulting projected tree characterizes the possible behaviors of the component with respect to the context of the whole system specification. As such, it represents a constraint to be satisfied by the component and it can be used as a correctness reference to validate the system in a compositional manner. For that purpose, we have grounded our validation framework on testing techniques. We have presented compositional results relating the correctness of a system to the correctness of components. Based on these results, we have defined an incremental approach for testing from sequence diagrams.

In this thesis, we describe how to use UML sequence diagrams with MARTE timing constraints to specify entirely the behavior of component-based systems while abstracting as much as possible the functional roles of components composing it. We have shown how to conduct compositional analysis of such specifications. For this, we have defined operational semantics to sequence diagrams by translating them into TIOSTS which are symbolic automata with timing constraints. We have used symbolic execution techniques to compute possible executions of the system in the form of a symbolic tree. We have defined projection mechanisms to extract the execution tree associated with any distinguished component. The resulting projected tree characterizes the possible behaviors of the component with respect to the context of the whole system specification. As such, it represents a constraint to be satisfied by the component and it can be used as a correctness reference to validate the system in a compositional manner. For that purpose, we have grounded our validation framework on testing techniques. We have presented compositional results relating the correctness of a system to the correctness of components. Based on these results, we have defined an incremental approach for testing from sequence diagrams.

Dans cette thèse, nous décrivons comment on peut utiliser un diagramme de séquence UML avec des contraintes de temps MARTE pour spécifier complètement le comportement des systèmes à base de composants tout en faisant abstraction des rôles fonctionnels des composants. Nous avons proposé une approche qui permet d'analyser ces spécifications d'une manière modulaire. Pour cela, nous avons attribué une sémantique opérationnelle aux diagrammes de séquence en les traduisant vers les TIOSTS qui sont des automates symbolique et temporisé. Nous avons utilisé des techniques d'exécution symbolique pour calculer les exécutions du système sous la forme d'un arbre symbolique. Nous avons défini des mécanismes de projection pour extraire l'arbre d'exécution associé à un composant sous-jacent. L'arbre résultant de la projection caractérise les comportements attendus du composant et peut être utilisé comme une référence pour valider le système bout par bout. Pour ce faire, nous nous sommes intéressés à des techniques de test. Nous avons présenté un résultat qui ramène la conformité du système à la conformité des composants qui le composent. Sur la base de ces résultats, nous avons proposé une méthodologie incrémentale de test basé sur des spécifications décrites sous la forme de diagrammes de séquence. / In this thesis, we describe how to use UML sequence diagrams with MARTE timing constraints to specify entirely the behavior of component-based systems while abstracting as much as possible the functional roles of components composing it. We have shown how to conduct compositional analysis of such specifications. For this, we have defined operational semantics to sequence diagrams by translating them into TIOSTS which are symbolic automata with timing constraints. We have used symbolic execution techniques to compute possible executions of the system in the form of a symbolic tree. We have defined projection mechanisms to extract the execution tree associated with any distinguished component. The resulting projected tree characterizes the possible behaviors of the component with respect to the context of the whole system specification. As such, it represents a constraint to be satisfied by the component and it can be used as a correctness reference to validate the system in a compositional manner. For that purpose, we have grounded our validation framework on testing techniques. We have presented compositional results relating the correctness of a system to the correctness of components. Based on these results, we have defined an incremental approach for testing from sequence diagrams.