Download or read book A Temporal Logic for the Specification and Verification of Real time Systems written by Yogesh Naik and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Specification and Compositional Verification of Real Time Systems written by Jozef Hooman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1991-11-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research described in this monograph concerns the formal specification and compositional verification of real-time systems. A real-time programminglanguage is considered in which concurrent processes communicate by synchronous message passing along unidirectional channels. To specifiy functional and timing properties of programs, two formalisms are investigated: one using a real-time version of temporal logic, called Metric Temporal Logic, and another which is basedon extended Hoare triples. Metric Temporal Logic provides a concise notationto express timing properties and to axiomatize the programming language, whereas Hoare-style formulae are especially convenient for the verification of sequential constructs. For both approaches a compositional proof system has been formulated to verify that a program satisfies a specification. To deduce timing properties of programs, first maximal parallelism is assumed, modeling the situation in which each process has itsown processor. Next, this model is generalized to multiprogramming where several processes may share a processor and scheduling is based on priorities. The proof systems are shown to be sound and relatively complete with respect to a denotational semantics of the programming language. The theory is illustrated by an example of a watchdog timer.

Download or read book Specification and Compositional Verification of Real Time Systems written by Jozef Hooman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research described in this monograph concerns the formal specification and compositional verification of real-time systems. A real-time programminglanguage is considered in which concurrent processes communicate by synchronous message passing along unidirectional channels. To specifiy functional and timing properties of programs, two formalisms are investigated: one using a real-time version of temporal logic, called Metric Temporal Logic, and another which is basedon extended Hoare triples. Metric Temporal Logic provides a concise notationto express timing properties and to axiomatize the programming language, whereas Hoare-style formulae are especially convenient for the verification of sequential constructs. For both approaches a compositional proof system has been formulated to verify that a program satisfies a specification. To deduce timing properties of programs, first maximal parallelism is assumed, modeling the situation in which each process has itsown processor. Next, this model is generalized to multiprogramming where several processes may share a processor and scheduling is based on priorities. The proof systems are shown to be sound and relatively complete with respect to a denotational semantics of the programming language. The theory is illustrated by an example of a watchdog timer.

Download or read book Real Time Programming written by Rudrapatna Shyamasundar and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. I. Real time systems - background. 1. Real time system characteristics. 1.1. Real-time and reactive programs. 2. Formal program development methodologies. 2.1. Requirement specification. 2.2. System specifications. 3. Characteristics of real-time languages. 3.1. Modelling features of real-time languages. 3.2. A look at classes of real-time languages. 4. Programming characteristics of reactive systems. 4.1. Execution of reactive programs. 4.2. Perfect synchrony hypothesis. 4.3. Multiform notion of time. 4.4. Logical concurrency and broadcast communication. 4.5. Determinism and causality -- pt. II. Synchronous languages. 5. ESTEREL language : structure. 5.1. Top level structure. 5.2. ESTEREL statements. 5.3. Illustrations of ESTEREL program behaviour. 5.4. Causality problems. 5.5. A historical perspective. 6. Program development in ESTEREL. 6.1. A simulation environment. 6.2. Verification environment. 7. Programming controllers in ESTEREL. 7.1. Auto controllers. 8. Asynchronous interaction in ESTEREL -- 9. Futurebus arbitration protocol : a case study. 9.1. Arbitration process. 9.2. Abstraction of the protocol. 9.3. Solution in ESTEREL -- 10. Semantics of ESTEREL. 10.1. Semantic structure. 10.2. Transition rules. 10.3. Illustrative examples. 10.4. Discussions. 10.5. Semantics of Esterel with exec -- pt. III. Other synchronous languages. 11. Synchronous language LUSTRE. 11.1. An overview of LUSTRE. 11.2. Flows and streams. 11.3. Equations, variables and expressions. 11.4. Program structure. 11.5. Arrays in LUSTRE. 11.6. Further examples. 12. Modelling Time-Triggered Protocol (TTP) in LUSTRE. 12.1. Time-triggered protocol. 12.2. Modelling TTP in LUSTRE. 13. Synchronous language ARGOS. 13.1. ARGOS constructs. 13.2. Illustrative example. 13.3. Discussions -- pt. IV. Verification of synchronous programs. 14. Verification of ESTEREL programs. 14.1. Transition system based verificationy of ESTEREL Programs. 14.2. ESTEREL transition system. 14.3. Temporal logic based verification. 14.4. Observer-based verification. 14.5. First order logic based verification. 15. Observer based verification of simple LUSTRE programs. 15.1. A simple auto controller. 15.2. A complex controller. 15.3. A cruise controller. 15.4. A train controller. 15.5. A mine pump controller -- pt. V. Integration of synchrony and asynchrony. 16. Communicating reactive processes. 16.1. An overview of CRP. 16.2. Communicating reactive processes : structure. 16.3. Behavioural semantics of CRP. 16.4. An illustrative example : banker teller machine. 16.5. Implementation of CRP. 17. Semantics of communicating reactive processes. 17.1. A brief overview of CSP. 17.2. Translation of CSP to CRP. 17.3. Cooperation of CRP nodes. 17.4. Ready-trace semantics of CRP. 17.5. Ready-trace semantics of CSP. 17.6. Extracting CSP ready-trace semantics from CRP semantics. 17.7. Correctness of the translation. 17.8. Translation into MEIJE process calculus. 18. Communicating reactive state machines. 18.1. CRSM constructs. 18.2. Semantics of CRSM. 19. Multiclock ESTEREL. 19.1. Need for a multiclock synchronous paradigm. 19.2. Informal introduction. 19.3. Formal semantics. 19.4. Embedding CRP. 19.5. Modelling a VHDL subset. 19.6. Discussion. 20. Modelling real-time systems in ESTEREL. 20.1. Interpretation of a global clock in terms of exec. 20.2. Modelling real-time requirements. 21. Putting it together

Download or read book The Temporal Specification and Verification of Real time Systems written by Thomas A. Henzinger and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specification [--] We present two conservative extensions of temporal logic that allow for the specification of timing constraints: while timed temporal logic provides access to time through a novel kind of time quantifier, metric temporal logic refers to time through time-bounded versions of the temporal operators. We justify our choice of specification languages by developing a general framework for the classification of real-time logics according to their complexity and expressive power.

Download or read book Interval Temporal Logic for Real time Systems written by Pierfrancesco Bellini and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Real time Systems written by M. Joseph and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides an account of real-time systems. The presentation makes use of recent research demonstrating the effectiveness and applicability of mathematically-based methods for real-time system design. Each chapter focuses on a particular technique, and examples help reinforce the theory.

Download or read book An Introduction to Practical Formal Methods Using Temporal Logic written by Michael Fisher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name "temporal logic" may sound complex and daunting; but while they describe potentially complex scenarios, temporal logics are often based on a few simple, and fundamental, concepts - highlighted in this book. An Introduction to Practical Formal Methods Using Temporal Logic provides an introduction to formal methods based on temporal logic, for developing and testing complex computational systems. These methods are supported by many well-developed tools, techniques and results that can be applied to a wide range of systems. Fisher begins with a full introduction to the subject, covering the basics of temporal logic and using a variety of examples, exercises and pointers to more advanced work to help clarify and illustrate the topics discussed. He goes on to describe how this logic can be used to specify a variety of computational systems, looking at issues of linking specifications, concurrency, communication and composition ability. He then analyses temporal specification techniques such as deductive verification, algorithmic verification, and direct execution to develop and verify computational systems. The final chapter on case studies analyses the potential problems that can occur in a range of engineering applications in the areas of robotics, railway signalling, hardware design, ubiquitous computing, intelligent agents, and information security, and explains how temporal logic can improve their accuracy and reliability. Models temporal notions and uses them to analyze computational systems Provides a broad approach to temporal logic across many formal methods - including specification, verification and implementation Introduces and explains freely available tools based on temporal logics and shows how these can be applied Presents exercises and pointers to further study in each chapter, as well as an accompanying website providing links to additional systems based upon temporal logic as well as additional material related to the book.

Download or read book Temporal Logic written by Dov M. Gabbay and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1994-06-29 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Temporal Logic (ICTL '94), held at Bonn, Germany in July 1994. Since its conception as a discipline thirty years ago, temporal logic is studied by many researchers of numerous backgrounds; presently it is in a stage of accelerated dynamic growth. This book, as the proceedings of the first international conference particularly dedicated to temporal logic, gives a thorough state-of-the-art report on all aspects of temporal logic research relevant for computer science and AI. It contains 27 technical contributions carefully selected for presentation at ICTL '94 as well as three surveys and position papers.

Download or read book Temporal Logic for Real time Systems written by Jonathan S. Ostroff and published by Taunton, England : Research Studies Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a framework for modelling, specifying and verifying systems composed of real-time discrete event processes, this text combines a formal framework in computer science with applications in software and control engineering.

Download or read book Theories And Experiences For Real time System Development written by Charles Rattray and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-02-14 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our understanding of real-time systems is rapidly approaching a level of maturity which calls for a consolidation of our present knowledge and experience. Particularly effective in influencing our understanding has been the conjoining of universal algebra with the theory and practice of real-time system development. This interplay between algebraic methodology and software technology (AMAST) for real-time systems is the theme for this text.Each chapter, derived from papers presented at the all-invitation 1st AMAST International Workshop on Real-Time Systems (Iowa, 1993), is written by leaders in their field. The chapters form an intriguing mix of modeling, specification, verification, and implementation of “real” real-time systems. They cover untimed and timed systems, sequential, concurrent and embedded real-time processes, integrated models using state machines, temporal logic and algebraic data models, real-time CSP, verification tools, system design using temporal logic, symbolic checking of discrete time models, iterative symbolic approximation in timing verification and verification of audio protocols, timed full LOTOS and timed LOTOS extensions, LOTOS specification of telephone services and flight warning computers, and performance analysis.

Download or read book Formal Verification of Performance and Reliability of Real Time Systems written by Luca De Alfaro and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we propose a methodology for the specification and verification of performance and reliability properties of real-time systems within the framework of temporal logic. The methodology is based on the system model of stochastic real-time systems (SRTSs), and on branching-time temporal logics that are extensions of the probabilistic logics pCTL and pCTL*. SRTSs are discrete-time transition systems that can model both probabilistic and nondeterministic behavior. The specification language extends the branching-time logics pCTL and pCTL* by introducing an operator to express bounds on the average time between events. We present model-checking algorithms for the algorithmic verification of system specifications, and we discuss their complexity.

Download or read book Advances in Verification of Time Petri Nets and Timed Automata written by Wojciech Penczek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph presents a comprehensive introduction to timed automata (TA) and time Petri nets (TPNs) which belong to the most widely used models of real-time systems. Some of the existing methods of translating time Petri nets to timed automata are presented, with a focus on the translations that correspond to the semantics of time Petri nets, associating clocks with various components of the nets.

Download or read book Modeling and Verification of Real time Systems written by Nicolas Navet and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is devoted to presenting some of the most important concepts and techniques for describing real-time systems and analyzing their behavior in order to enable the designer to achieve guarantees of temporal correctness. Topics addressed include mathematical models of real-time systems and associated formal verification techniques such as model checking, probabilistic modeling and verification, programming and description languages, and validation approaches based on testing. With contributions from authors who are experts in their respective fields, this will provide the reader with the state of the art in formal verification of real-time systems and an overview of available software tools.

Download or read book Algorithms and Architectures for Real Time Control 1991 written by P.J. Fleming and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer scientists have long appreciated that the relationship between algorithms and architecture is crucial. Broadly speaking the more specialized the architecture is to a particular algorithm then the more efficient will be the computation. The penalty is that the architecture will become useless for computing anything other than that algorithm. This message holds for the algorithms used in real-time automatic control as much as any other field. These Proceedings will provide researchers in this field with a useful up-to-date reference source of recent developments.

Download or read book System Health Management written by Stephen B. Johnson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: System Health Management: with Aerospace Applications provides the first complete reference text for System Health Management (SHM), the set of technologies and processes used to improve system dependability. Edited by a team of engineers and consultants with SHM design, development, and research experience from NASA, industry, and academia, each heading up sections in their own areas of expertise and co-coordinating contributions from leading experts, the book collates together in one text the state-of-the-art in SHM research, technology, and applications. It has been written primarily as a reference text for practitioners, for those in related disciplines, and for graduate students in aerospace or systems engineering. There are many technologies involved in SHM and no single person can be an expert in all aspects of the discipline.System Health Management: with Aerospace Applications provides an introduction to the major technologies, issues, and references in these disparate but related SHM areas. Since SHM has evolved most rapidly in aerospace, the various applications described in this book are taken primarily from the aerospace industry. However, the theories, techniques, and technologies discussed are applicable to many engineering disciplines and application areas. Readers will find sections on the basic theories and concepts of SHM, how it is applied in the system life cycle (architecture, design, verification and validation, etc.), the most important methods used (reliability, quality assurance, diagnostics, prognostics, etc.), and how SHM is applied in operations (commercial aircraft, launch operations, logistics, etc.), to subsystems (electrical power, structures, flight controls, etc.) and to system applications (robotic spacecraft, tactical missiles, rotorcraft, etc.).

Download or read book Towards Verified Systems written by J. Bowen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the complexity of embedded computer-controlled systems increases, the present industrial practice for their development gives cause for concern, especially for safety-critical applications where human lives are at stake. The use of software in such systems has increased enormously in the last decade. Formal methods, based on firm mathematical foundations, provide one means to help with reducing the risk of introducing errors during specification and development. There is currently much interest in both academic and industrial circles concerning the issues involved, but the techniques still need further investigation and promulgation to make their widespread use a reality. This book presents results of research into techniques to aid the formal verification of mixed hardware/software systems. Aspects of system specification and verification from requirements down to the underlying hardware are addressed, with particular regard to real-time issues. The work presented is largely based around the Occam programming language and Transputer microprocessor paradigm. The HOL theorem prover, based on higher order logic, has mainly been used in the application of machine-checked proofs. The book describes research work undertaken on the collaborative UK DTI/SERC-funded Information Engineering Dictorate Safemos project. The partners were Inmos Ltd., Cambridge SRI, the Oxford University Computing Laboratory and the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, who investigated the problems of formally verifying embedded systems. The most important results of the project are presented in the form of a series of interrelated chapters by project members and associated personnel. In addition, overviews of two other ventures with similar objectives are included as appendices. The material in this book is intended for computing science researchers and advanced industrial practitioners interested in the application of formal methods to real-time safety-critical systems at all levels of abstraction from requirements to hardware. In addition, material of a more general nature is presented, which may be of interest to managers in charge of projects applying formal methods, especially for safety-critical-systems, and others who are considering their use.