Formal verification for time-triggered clock synchronization

Dependable Computing for Critical Applications 7

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 207-226

  Pfeifer, Holger ^a   Schwier, Detlef ^a   Von Henke, Friedrich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; FORMAL METHODS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL CLOCKS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROL APPLICATIONS; FAULT-TOLERANT; FORMAL ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL FEATURES; SYNCHRONIZATION ALGORITHM; TIME TRIGGERED; TIME TRIGGERED PROTOCOL;

FORMAL VERIFICATION;

EID: 84988985992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DCFTS.1999.814297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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