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Record Nr.

UNISA996465596403316

Titolo

Formal Systems Specification [[electronic resource] ] : The RPC-Memory Specification Case Study / / edited by Manfred Broy, Stephan Merz, Katharina Spies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1996

ISBN

3-540-49573-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 1996.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 543 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 1169

Disciplina

004/.36

Soggetti

Computers

Software engineering

Computer communication systems

Computer logic

Theory of Computation

Software Engineering

Computer Communication Networks

Logics and Meanings of Programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

The RPC-memory specification problem problem statement -- The RPC-memory case study: A synopsis -- A TLA solution to the RPC-memory specification problem -- A dynamic specification of the RPC-memory problem -- A memory module specification using composable high-level petri nets -- Constraint oriented temporal logic specification -- A functional solution to the RPC-memory specification problem -- A solution relying on the model checking of boolean transition systems -- Applying a temporal logic to the RPC-memory specification problem -- Using PVS for an assertional verification of the RPC-memory specification problem -- Specification and verification using a visual formalism on top of temporal logic -- A case study in verification based on trace abstractions -- Incremental specification with joint actions: The RPC-memory specification problem -- The methodology of modal constraints -- Tackling the RPC-memory specification



problem with I/O automata -- Using relations on streams to solve the RPC-memory specification problem -- The RPC-memory specification problem: UNITY + refinement calculus.

Sommario/riassunto

The RPC-memory specification problem was proposed by Broy and Lamport as a case study in the formal design of distributed and concurrent systems. As a realistic example typical for operating systems and hardware design, the RPC-memory problem was used as the basis for comparing various approaches to formal specification, refinement, and verification. Preliminary solutions were discussed during a workshop at Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, in September 1994. Then an extensive discussion took place between the referees and authors. Finally 15 thoroughly revised papers were accepted for inclusion in this volume in full detail together with the problem statement and a synopsis.