Modeling Communication with Synchronized Environments

A deterministic behavior of systems composed of several modules is a desirable design goal. Assembling a complex system from components requires also a high degree of re-usability. The compatibility of the selected components may become a problem even at abstract design levels, due to possible different degrees of model determinacy, possible different execution models, etc. In this cases, an overall deterministic system behavior is difficult to achieve. The development of communication mechanisms between such components will have then to accommodate the differences, so that both correct processing and information exchange (data and control, appropriate choices and relative timing or sequencing) are achieved. For instance, human-machine interaction offers a good example of cooperation between deterministic models (machines) communicating with highly non-deterministic counterparts (the human models, if not restricted). We analyze here such communication mechanisms by "confronting&qu...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: FUIN
• Authors: Tiberiu Seceleanu, Axel Jantsch
• Keywords: Communication Mechanisms, Desirable Design Goal, Deterministic, FUIN 2008