Reactive Systems: Modelling, Specification and Verification

by Luca Aceto, Anna Ingólfsdóttir, Kim Guldstrand Larsen, Jiri Srba

Overview

Formal methods is the term used to describe the specification and verification of software and software systems using mathematical logic. Various methodologies have been developed and incorporated into software tools. An important subclass is distributed systems. There are many books that look at particular methodologies for such systems, e.g. CSP, process algebra. This book offers a more balanced introduction for graduate students that describes the various approaches, their strengths and weaknesses, and when they are best used. Milner’s CCS and its operational semantics are introduced, together with notions of behavioral equivalence based on bisimulation techniques and with variants of Hennessy-Milner modal logics. Later in the book, the presented theories are extended to take timing issues into account. The book has arisen from various courses taught in Iceland and Denmark and is designed to give students a broad introduction to the area, with exercises throughout.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521875462
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/09/2007
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	7.17(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Luca Aceto is Professor of Computer Science at Reykjavík University, Iceland and Aalborg University, Denmark.

Anna Ingólfsdóttir is Professor of Computer Science at Reykjavík University, Iceland and Aalborg University, Denmark.

Kim G. Larsen is Professor of Computer Science at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Jiri Srba is Associate Professor in Computer Science at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. A Classic Theory of Reactive Systems: 1. Introduction; 2. The language CCS; 3. Behavioural equivalences; 4. Theory of fixed points and bisimulation equivalence; 5. Hennessy-Milner logic; 6. Hennessy-Milner logic with recursive definitions; 7. Modelling and analysis of mutual exclusion algorithms; Part II. A Theory of Real-Time Systems: 8. Introduction; 9. CCS with time delays; 10. Timed automata; 11. Timed behavioural equivalences; 12. Hennessy-Milner logic with time; 13. Modelling and analysis of Fischer's algorithm; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.