FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
We summarize some current trends in embedded systems design and point out some of their characteristics, such as the chasm between analytical and computational models, and the gap ...
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract. Circus is a combination of Z and CSP that supports the development of state-rich reactive systems based on refinement. In this paper we present JCircus, a tool that autom...
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Symmetry reduction techniques can help to combat the state space explosion problem for model checking, but are restricted by the hard problem of determining equivalence of states d...
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract. The key to the integration of formal methods into engineering practice is education. In teaching, domain-independent problems -i.e., not requiring prior engineering backg...
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Security-critical systems are an important application area for formal methods. However, such systems often contain cryptographic subsystems. The natural definitions of these subsy...
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Refactorings change the internal structure of code without changing its external behavior. For non-trivial refactorings, the preservation of external behavior depends on semantic p...
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract. The correctness of a system according to a given specification is essential, especially for safety-critical applications. One such typical application domain is the autom...
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Non-determinism of the thread schedule is a well-known problem in concurrent programming. However, other sources of non-determinism exist which cannot be controlled by an applicati...
FM
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Springer
Design patterns are usually described in terms of instances. Templates describe sentences of some language with a particular form, generate sentences upon instantiation, and can be...