| Article ID: | iaor2004966 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 321 |
| End Page Number: | 336 |
| Publication Date: | May 2002 |
| Journal: | International Transactions in Operational Research |
| Authors: | Vijaykumar Nandamudi Lankalapalli, Carvalho Solon Venncio de, Abdurahiman Vakulathil |
This paper shows that Statecharts, a high-level specification technique, can be used to represent performance models. This is a powerful technique and is based on state-transition diagrams added with concepts of hierarchy and orthogonality to represent a system behavior. It is shown that Statecharts may conveniently be used to represent models with richness and clarity. Using an analytical approach the technique to determine performance measurements is provided. Three examples are presented and the results show Statecharts' potential for representing systems for performance evaluation.