Virtual start-up of plants using formal methods

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 108-125

  Preuße, Sebastian ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a   Hanisch, Hans Michael ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(formal) modelling; (virtual) start up; Net condition event systems; Plant behaviour; Specification; Test case generation; Verification

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FORMAL METHODS; MANUFACTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SPECIFICATIONS; VERIFICATION;

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; CONTROL SOFTWARE; CONTROL SOFTWARE DESIGN; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; NET CONDITION/EVENT SYSTEMS; PLANT BEHAVIOURS; TEST CASE GENERATION; UNDESIRED BEHAVIOR;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 84857334861     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2011.045401     Document Type: Article

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