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A predicative semantics for the refinement of real-time systems

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Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS 1993)

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A formal framework for a calculus of real-time systems is presented. Specifications and program statements are combined into a single language called TAM (the Temporal Agent Model), that allows the user to express both functional and timing properties. A specification-oriented semantics for TAM is given, along with the definition of a refinement relation and a calculus which is sound with respect to that relation. A simple real-time program is also developed using the calculus.

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  1. Formal Systems Research Group Department of Computer Science, University of York, Heslington, York, UK

    David Scholefield, Hussein Zedan & He Jifeng

  2. Programming Research Group, Oxford University, Keble Road, Oxford, UK

    He Jifeng

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  1. David Scholefield
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Stephen Brookes Michael Main Austin Melton Michael Mislove David Schmidt

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Scholefield, D., Zedan, H., Jifeng, H. (1994). A predicative semantics for the refinement of real-time systems. In: Brookes, S., Main, M., Melton, A., Mislove, M., Schmidt, D. (eds) Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics. MFPS 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 802. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58027-1_11

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