Questions tagged [diagrams]
Diagrams are use in modeling techiques to represent graphically a set of software elements.
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Do data stores in a Level 1 DFD have to match the tables in the ERD exactly?
We're developing an anomaly detection web app as a Capstone Project, and we're currently revising our manuscript.
In our last capstone defense, one of our panelists mentioned that the data stores in ...
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Diagram for Parallel processes
What type of diagram can I use to model parallel processes interacting with a shared set of resources, along with the state of those resources at each point in time?
My motivation is I have a bug that ...
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How to adjust the component diagram in this case for better readability?
I have created a Python code where a main algorithm uses three different modules (.py) after importing them.
To illustrate and describe it I have create the following component diagram?
Could it be ...
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Does the current Use Case Diagram clearly represent how users interact with the system?
Detailed Idea for the Dermatech System
Main Idea of the System:
Dermatech is an AI-based system that operates through a mobile application, designed to assist users in diagnosing primary skin ...
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Is the activation box allowed to hang across the entire life line or is stacking them a better option? [duplicate]
I'm trying to learn UML, and right now I'm focusing on sequence diagrams. I'm trying to represent this Java code in a diagram.
I'm very unsure about the activation boxes. Could somebody maybe provide ...
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database as distinct operations in the Use Case diagram
I'm working on analyzing an application for skin disease diagnosis using AI. Here's the scenario:
User Interaction: The user logs in to the application, uploads or captures an image of their skin ...
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Infrastructural diagram with many heterogenous elements
I want to create an infrastructure diagram that has many heterogeneous elements.
E.g. PSTN, satelite, public internet, private network interconnected servers etc. Similar to the composition in the ...
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Mixing up UML and non-UML diagrams
When designing a data-intensive software, or any kind of software, regardless of the platform, is it appropriate to mix UML and non-UML diagrams together in the design document of the software?
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Required sequential actions in use case diagram
I am creating a use case diagram for an elevator control system program, and I am a little confused about using includes for sequential actions.
What I mean is that when the user calls the elevator, ...
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How to document a concurrent communication protocol for less theoretical people
We are developing a multi-user web-based application, where the users can join a "room" and a complicated handshake has to be set up between them, to be able to use a library on each ...
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Why does this use case diagram consider system behavior a use case
Please help me understand why, in this diagram, "Validate User" is considered a use case.
My understanding is that to qualify as one, a use case must:
Be initiated by an actor;
Represent ...
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UML Component diagram: Dangling interfaces or connecting two
I'm a novice in UML component diagrams.
How would I draw the following situation?
I have an << item >> called "DataAquisition". This item consists of a << unit >> ...
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What is a possible order of these actions in this Activity Diagram?
Context: This is from a practice exam, and we aren't sure what the proper answer was
Question: What is a possible order of actions for this activity diagram?
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A->B->D or A->B->C-&...
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In C4 model, "External" means External to the Org or External to the System scope?
I am currently drawing a "C4 Containers" Architecture diagram using C4 Model. The Core Software System of System Context diagram is now exploded further into the Containers diagram (should ...
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Does UML have a grammar that correlates to its diagrams?
UML is generally taught as a standardized way of diagramming software, however, I've heard recently that there's an actual grammar behind it. I've searched the UML specification and haven't found ...
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