Bounded Delay Timing Analysis of a Class of CSP Programs

Formal Methods in System Design

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-294

  Hulgaard, Henrik ^a   Burns, Steven M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract algebra; Asynchronous systems; Concurrent systems; Time separation of events; Timing analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PETRI NETS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASYNCHRONOUS CIRCUITS; BOUNDED DELAY TIMING ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031249368     PISSN: 09259856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008655714875     Document Type: Article

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