Compiling real-time specifications into extended automata

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 794-804

  Nicollin, Xavier ^a   Sifakis, Joseph ^a   Yovine, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Compilation into extended automata; formal; real time systems; real time temporal logics; symbolic model checking; verification

Indexed keywords

FINITE AUTOMATA; FORMAL LOGIC; PROGRAM COMPILERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

FORMAL VERIFICATION; TEMPORAL LOGICS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0026914972     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.159837     Document Type: Article

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