MODEST: A compositional modeling formalism for hard and softly timed systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 812-829

  Bohnenkamp, Henrik ^a,b   D'Argenio, Pedro R ^c   Hermanns, Holger ^d   Katoen, Joost Pieter ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compositionality; Formal semantics; Modeling formalism; Stochastic processes; Timed automata

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONALITY; FORMAL SEMANTICS; MODELING FORMALISM; TIMED AUTOMATA;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 33947112265     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2006.104     Document Type: Article

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