Proving Properties of Real-Time Systems Through Logical Specifications and Petri Net Models

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 127-141

  Felder, Miguel ^a   Mandrioli, Dino ^a   Morzenti, Angelo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

dual language; first order logic; formal specification; logic; Real time and embedded systems; temporal; timed Petri nets

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; FINITE AUTOMATA; FORMAL LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PASCAL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); PETRI NETS; STATE ASSIGNMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THEOREM PROVING;

AXIOMATIZATION; DUAL LANGUAGE APPROACH; FIRST ORDER LOGIC; HOARE METHOD; LOGICAL SPECIFICATION; PROVING PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL LOGIC;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 0028380485     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.265634     Document Type: Article

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