Formal Description Techniques, VI
Proceedings of the Ifip Tc6/Wg6.1 Sixth International Conference Fcrte '93, Boston Massachusetts, USA, 26-29 October 1993
Published on 13. July 1994
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This work is the sixth in a series of volumes concentrating on formal techniques applicable to distributed systems and protocols. The initial focus on techniques standardized by ISO and CCITT (Estelle, LOTOS, and SDL), widened in previous volumes to, for example, CCS, CSP, ASN.1, Z, Actor, VDM and RAISE, is yet again expanded. A strong theoretical component is balanced by a practical one, with papers included from the industrial as well as the academic communities. Offering a comprehensive presentation of the state of the art in theory, application, tools and industrialization of formal techniques, the publication provides an excellent orientation for the newcomer. By bringing together both researchers and practitioners, it also opens the communication between these groups vital for a continued cross-fertilization of knowledge and ideas for the future.
This work is the sixth in a series of volumes concentrating on formal techniques applicable to distributed systems and protocols. The initial focus on techniques standardized by ISO and CCITT (Estelle, LOTOS, and SDL), widened in previous volumes to, for example, CCS, CSP, ASN.1, Z, Actor, VDM and RAISE, is yet again expanded. A strong theoretical component is balanced by a practical one, with papers included from the industrial as well as the academic communities. Offering a comprehensive presentation of the state of the art in theory, application, tools and industrialization of formal techniques, the publication provides an excellent orientation for the newcomer. By bringing together both researchers and practitioners, it also opens the communication between these groups vital for a continued cross-fertilization of knowledge and ideas for the future.
This work is the sixth in a series of volumes concentrating on formal techniques applicable to distributed systems and protocols. The initial focus on techniques standardized by ISO and CCITT (Estelle, LOTOS, and SDL), widened in previous volumes to, for example, CCS, CSP, ASN.1, Z, Actor, VDM and RAISE, is yet again expanded. A strong theoretical component is balanced by a practical one, with papers included from the industrial as well as the academic communities. Offering a comprehensive presentation of the state of the art in theory, application, tools and industrialization of formal techniques, the publication provides an excellent orientation for the newcomer. By bringing together both researchers and practitioners, it also opens the communication between these groups vital for a continued cross-fertilization of knowledge and ideas for the future.
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Part 1 Verification: validating simulations between large nondeterministic specifications, R. Civalero et al; compressing the state space representation of LOTOS specifications, J. Quemada et al; towards a modular specification and verification of protocols within a layered architecture, Y. Souissi. Part 2 LOTOS: specification and detection of IN service interference using LOTOS, O.C. Dahl and E. Najm; DILL - specifying digital logic in LOTOS, K.J. Turner and R.O. Sinnott; incremental construction approach for distributed system specifications, F. Khendek and G.v. Bochmann. Part 3 Invited talk: the challenges facing formal definition techniques, C.H. West. Part 4 Automata and Estelle: increasing the concurrency in Estelle, J. Bredereke and R. Gotzhein; experiments in data flow analysis of communicating finite state machines, S.P. Iyer; integrating Estelle ASN.1 for automatic implementation, A. Lo and R. Lai; an Estelle compiler for multiprocessor platforms, S. Fischer and B. Hofmann. Part 5 Industrial reports: overview - survey of formal methods in industry, G.I. Parkin and S. Austin; an integrated specification support system for communication software design based on stepwise refinement and graphical representation, K. Sarashina et al; an industrial experience on development with LOTOS and SDL, G. Leon et al; a formal model of SONET's alarm-surveillance procedures and their simulation, S. Narain et al. Part 6 Time and algebra: modelling systems by probabilistic process algebra - an event structures approach, J.-P. Katoen et al; requirement specification for real-time and hybrid systems, H. He and H. Zedan; a recursive process algebra for queues, H. Yenigun et al; what do message sequence charts mean?, P.B. Ladkin and S. Leue. Part 7 Testing: TESTGEN+ - an integrated environment for protocol test suite generation, selection and validation, S.T. Vuong and S. Lee; test generation by exposing control and data dependencies within system specifications in SDL, H. Ural and A. Williams; on the existence and production of state identification machines for labelled transition systems, J. Arkko; improving conformance testing for LOTOS, A. Cavalli et al. Part 8 Protocols and formal specification: correctness of at-most-once message delivery protocols, B.W. Lampson et al; an object oriented method for implementing layered protocols, A. Divin and C. Petitpierre; formalization based on understanding, M.M. Marques et al; cumulating constraints on the "when" and the "what", T. Bolognesi and G. Ciaccio. Part 9 Timed-LOTOS: LOTOS enhancement to specify time constraint among non-adjacent actions using first order logic, A. Nakata et al; time versus abstraction in formal description, H. Bowman et al; an enhanced version of timed LOTOS and its application to a case study, L. Leonard and G. Leduc.