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AC
1999
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Consensus in Asynchronous Distributed Systems: A Concise Guided Tour
Abstract. It is now recognized that the Consensus problem is a fundamental problem when one has to design and implement reliable asynchronous distributed systems. This chapter is o...
Rachid Guerraoui, Michel Hurfin, Achour Most&eacut...
APSEC
1998
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
A Refinement Calculus for the Development of Real-Time Systems
We present a calculus which can transfer specifications to objects for the development of real-time systems. The object model is based on a practical OO development technique--HRT...
Zhiqiang Chen, Antonio Cau, Hussein Zedan, Xiaodon...
CODES
2001
IEEE
15 years 7 months ago
The usage of stochastic processes in embedded system specifications
We review the use of nondeterminism and identify two different purposes. The descriptive purpose handles uncertainties in the behaviour of existing entities. The constraining purp...
Axel Jantsch, Ingo Sander, Wenbiao Wu
AMAST
2008
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Implementing a Categorical Information System
The authors have proposed using category-theoretic sketches to enhance database design and integration methodologies. The algebraic context is called the Sketch Data Model (SkDM) a...
Michael Johnson, Robert D. Rosebrugh
AVI
2000
15 years 5 months ago
VISPS, a Visual System for Plan Specification
In various circumstances, it is possible to arrive at the need to specify sequences of operations that a "machine" has to perform to achieve a purpose. This paper will p...
Marco Porta