@inproceedings{0f35d0eb7bc44030ae95334429d4f9c2,
title = "Open to change: A theory for iterative test-driven modelling",
abstract = "We introduce open tests to support iterative test-driven process modelling. Open tests generalise the trace-based tests of Zugal et al. to achieve modularity: whereas a trace-based test passes if a model exhibits a particular trace, an open test passes if a model exhibits a particular trace up to abstraction from additional activities not relevant for the test. This generalisation aligns open tests better with iterative test-driven development: open tests may survive the addition of activities and rules to the model in cases where trace-based tests do not. To reduce overhead in re-running tests, we establishing sufficient conditions for a model update to preserve test outcomes. We introduce open tests in an abstract setting that applies to any process notation with trace semantics, and give our main preservation result in this setting. Finally, we instantiate the general theory for the DCR Graph process notation, obtaining a method for iterative test-driven DCR process modelling.",
keywords = "Abstraction, DCR graphs, Declarative, Test-driven modelling",
author = "Tijs Slaats and S{\o}ren Debois and Thomas Hildebrandt",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-98648-7_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319986470",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "31--47",
editor = "Marco Montali and Ingo Weber and Mathias Weske and {vom Brocke}, Jan",
booktitle = "Business Process Management - 16th International Conference, BPM 2018, Proceedings",
note = "16th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2018 ; Conference date: 09-09-2018 Through 14-09-2018",
}