Reactive Systems: Modelling, Specification and Verification

Aceto, Luca; Ingólfsdóttir, Anna; Larsen, Kim Guldstrand; Srba, Jiri

ISBN 10: 0521875463 / ISBN 13: 9780521875462

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reactive Systems: Modelling, Specification and Verification
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521875463
• ISBN 13: 9780521875462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Formal methods is the term used to describe the specification and verification of software and software systems using mathematical logic. Various methodologies have been developed and incorporated into software tools. An important subclass is distributed systems. There are many books that look at particular methodologies for such systems, e.g. CSP, process algebra. This book offers a more balanced introduction for graduate students that describes the various approaches, their strengths and weaknesses, and when they are best used. Milner’s CCS and its operational semantics are introduced, together with notions of behavioral equivalence based on bisimulation techniques and with variants of Hennessy-Milner modal logics. Later in the book, the presented theories are extended to take timing issues into account. The book has arisen from various courses taught in Iceland and Denmark and is designed to give students a broad introduction to the area, with exercises throughout.

About the Authors

Luca Aceto is Professor of Computer Science at Reykjavík University, Iceland and Aalborg University, Denmark.

Anna Ingólfsdóttir is Professor of Computer Science at Reykjavík University, Iceland and Aalborg University, Denmark.

Kim G. Larsen is Professor of Computer Science at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Jiri Srba is Associate Professor in Computer Science at Aalborg University, Denmark.