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2006
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Towards Automatic Exception Safety Verification
Xin Li, H. James Hoover, Piotr Rudnicki
FM
2006
Springer
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Interface Input/Output Automata
We propose a new look at one of the most fundamental types of behavioral interfaces: discrete time specifications of communication--directly related to the work of de Alfaro and H...
Kim Guldstrand Larsen, Ulrik Nyman, Andrzej Wasows...
FM
2006
Springer
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Formal Modeling of Communication Protocols by Graph Transformation
Formal modeling is a crucial first step in the analysis of safety critical communication protocols such as IP Telephony. These protocols are notoriously resistant to formal modelin...
Zarrin Langari, Richard J. Trefler
FM
2006
Springer
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Dynamic Frames: Support for Framing, Dependencies and Sharing Without Restrictions
This paper addresses the frame problem for programming theories that support both sharing and encapsulation through specification variables. The concept of dynamic frames is introd...
Ioannis T. Kassios
FM
2006
Springer
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A Memory Model Sensitive Checker for C#
Thuan Quang Huynh, Abhik Roychoudhury
FM
2006
Springer
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The Embedded Systems Design Challenge
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 ...
Thomas A. Henzinger, Joseph Sifakis
FM
2006
Springer
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Automatic Translation from Circus to Java
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...
Angela Freitas, Ana Cavalcanti
FM
2006
Springer
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Exact and Approximate Strategies for Symmetry Reduction in Model Checking
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...
Alastair F. Donaldson, Alice Miller
FM
2006
Springer
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Using Domain-Independent Problems for Introducing Formal Methods
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...
Raymond T. Boute
FM
2006
Springer
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Formal Methods and Cryptography
Security-critical systems are an important application area for formal methods. However, such systems often contain cryptographic subsystems. The natural definitions of these subsy...
Michael Backes, Birgit Pfitzmann, Michael Waidner