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Symbols: Ii. Use Case Diagram

The document discusses use case diagrams, which capture user interactions with a system. A use case diagram contains actors, use cases, and connections. Actors are external entities that interact with the system, while use cases represent tasks performed within the system. Connections depict the relationships between actors and use cases. The document also provides examples of use case diagrams for an address book, ATM, library, and dictionary system.

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Symbols: Ii. Use Case Diagram

The document discusses use case diagrams, which capture user interactions with a system. A use case diagram contains actors, use cases, and connections. Actors are external entities that interact with the system, while use cases represent tasks performed within the system. Connections depict the relationships between actors and use cases. The document also provides examples of use case diagrams for an address book, ATM, library, and dictionary system.

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II. USE CASE DIAGRAM


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Interaction between user and system

Capture the user needs and system responsibilities

It is a type of behavioral diagrams


SYMBOLS
1. Use case :

2. Actor :

3. Boundary : OR

4. Connection :
5. Includes : <<includes>>
6. Excludes : <<excludes>>

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1. Actor

External entity (placed outside of system boundary)

It is mainly used to call the use cases

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Actor can be anything (e.g: software, hardware or machine) but it


must interacts with system

An actor is a role not a specific user. It represents only category of a


user.

One user may play many roles and an actor may represent many users
Ex:

2. Connection / Association

An association between an actor and a use case

It depicts a usage relationship

It does not indicate a data flow


3. Use Case
It captures the user requirements

Use cases can be related to each other

Use cases are main tasks performed by the user of a system

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It represents the complete functionality of a task

Use case is placed inside the system

It may need a sequence of individual steps to carry out the use cases

II. EXAMPLES OF USE CASE DIAGRAM


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1. ADDRESS BOOK:
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2. ATM SYSTEM:
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3. LIBRARY SYSTEM:
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4. DICTIONARY SYSTEM:
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