FUNCTION (GENERIC)

DEFINITION

A Functional Chain is a mean to describe one specific path among all possible paths traversing the dataflow,

• either to describe an expected behavior of the System in a given context,
• or in order to express some non functional properties along this functional path (latency, criticality, confidentiality, redundancy...).

An elementary Functional Chain is made of a succession of Functions and Exchanges across a functional dataflow, starting and ending with a Function (allocated to the System or to an Actor).

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