The ingredients of typical model based development via refinement are re-examined, and some well known frameworks are reviewed in that light, drawing out commonalities and differen...
Abstract. We define a probabilistic contract framework for the construction of component-based embedded systems, based on the theory of Interactive Markov Chains. A contract specif...
Alternating transition systems are a general model for composite systems which allow the study of collaborative as well as adversarial relationships between individual system compo...
Rajeev Alur, Thomas A. Henzinger, Orna Kupferman, ...
We specify the black box behavior of dataflow components by characterizing the relation between their input and their output histories. We distinguish between three main classes of...
We introduce a mathematical model of the timed behaviour of components with streams as input and output using a hierarchy of timing concepts. We distinguish non-timed streams, dis...