Transformation of UML design model into performance model - a model-driven framework

Abstract

Software Performance Engineering is receiving increasing attention in today's software dominated world. Compared to research work in performance evaluation in hardware and networks, this field is still in its nascent stage. Many methods have been proposed but majority of them are unable to adapt in the software development life-cycle dominated by professionals without substantial performance engineering background. We propose UPE-a Model Driven Software Performance Engineering Framework to facilitate performance engineering within software development life cycle, based on OMG's MDA initiative.