- Activity diagram
An activity diagram is a
diagram that shows activities and actions to describeworkflow s. [ [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0077110005/student_view0/glossary.html Glossary of Key Terms] at McGraw-hill.com. Retrieved 20 July 2008.] In theUnified Modeling Language an activity diagram represents the business and operational step-by-stepworkflow s of components in a system. An activity diagram shows the overall flow of control.Overview
In
SysML the activity diagram has been extended to indicate flows among steps that convey physical element (e.g., gasoline) or energy (e.g., torque, pressure). Additional changes allow the diagram to better support continuous behaviors and continuous data flows.In UML 1.x, an activity diagram is a variation of the UML State diagram in which the "states" represent activities, and the transitions represent the completion of those activities.
Construction
Activity diagrams are typically used for business process modeling. They consist of:
* Initial node.
* Activity final node.
* ActivitiesThe starting point of the diagram is the initial node, and the activity final node is the ending. An activity diagram can have zero or more activity final nodes. In between activities are represented by rounded rectangles.ee also
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Flowchart
*Control flow graph
*Data flow diagram
*Event-driven process chain
*State diagram
*Pseudocode References
External links
* [http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/formal/uml.htm UML 2.0 Specification Documents]
* [http://www.agilemodeling.com/artifacts/activityDiagram.htm Introduction to UML 2 Activity Diagrams]
* [http://www.agilemodeling.com/style/activityDiagram.htm UML 2 Activity Diagram Guidelines]
* [http://www.conradbock.org/#UML2 UML 2 Activity and Action Models]
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