We discuss four issues concerning the semantics of Message Flow Graphs (MFGs). MFGs are extensively used as pictures of message-passing behavior. One type of MFG, Message Sequence...
The paper describes the application of SDL-92[1] and OMT[2] to the design of a V5.x Access Network interface. While OMT is used to model the management aspects of the system, typi...
I discuss formal description techniques (FDTs) as they are applied in practice in software and system engineering. Their quality can be measured by their formality, descriptivenes...
In this paper we present the application of the fair testing pre-order, introduced in a previous paper, to the speci cation and analysis of distributed systems. This pre-order com...
In this paper, we propose an incremental construction approach for distributed system specifications. These specifications are structured as a parallel composition of subsystem sp...
In this paper, we propose an implementation method for specifications of distributed systems described in a subclass of LOTOS where operators such as choice and disabling can be ...
Distributed programming and object-oriented programming are two popular programming paradigms. The former is driven by advances in networking technology whereas the latter provide...
Alan C. Y. Wong, Samuel T. Chanson, Shing-Chi Cheu...