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Transformational formal development of real-time systems

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Transformation-Based Reactive Systems Development (ARTS 1997)

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This paper presents techniques for the transformational formal development of reactive and real-time systems, using a combination of the VDM++ formal method and the HRT-HOOD method. A case study of a chemical control system is used to illustrate the techniques.

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  1. Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, 180 Queens Gate, SW7 2BZ, London, UK

    K. Lano

  2. Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College, UK

    A. Sanchez

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Miquel Bertran Teodor Rus

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Lano, K., Sanchez, A. (1997). Transformational formal development of real-time systems. In: Bertran, M., Rus, T. (eds) Transformation-Based Reactive Systems Development. ARTS 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1231. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63010-4_13

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