A UML-based Approach to Design Parallel and Distributed Applications

TL;DR

This paper introduces a UML-based modeling approach for designing parallel and distributed applications, integrating agile concepts to improve development clarity and efficiency.

Contribution

It presents a novel UML-based framework with specific workflows for modeling, designing, and testing parallel applications, enhancing existing methodologies.

Findings

Provides a structured UML-based modeling process for parallel applications

Defines three workflows: Domain Model, Design and Modeling, Test

Facilitates conversion of requirements into efficient solutions

Abstract

Parallel and distributed application design is a major area of interest in the domain of high performance scientific and industrial computing. Over the years, various approaches have been proposed to aid parallel program developers to modeling their applications. In this paper it will be used some concepts from agile development methodologies and Unified Modeling Language (UML) to modeling parallel and distributed applications. The UML-based approach of this paper describes through different artifacts and graphs the main flows of events in the development of parallel and high performance applications. Here, we presented three work flows to describe and to model our parallel program, Domain Model, Design and Modeling and Test. All these phases of the development software allow to programmers convert the requirements of the problem in a good and efficient solution.