Embedded devices like smart cards can now run multiple interacting applications. A particular challenge in this domain is to dynamically integrate diverse security policies. In th...
SOFL (Structured-Object-Based-Formal Language) is a formal language and method for practical systems development. As a language, it integrates data ow diagrams, VDM-SL, and Petri ...
Compared with texts, graphs are more intuitive to express comparative and structural information. Many graphical approaches, however, lack a formal basis for precise specification...
Abstract -- This paper introduces a new HW/SW partitioning algorithm used in automating the instruction set processor design for pipelined ASIP (Application Specific Integrated Pro...
Achievement of quality in software design, while never easy, is made more difficult by the inherent complexity of hard real-time (HRT) design. Furthermore, timing requirements in...