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System engineering is a complex discipline[1], which is becoming more and more complicated by the heterogeneity of the subsystem components[2] and of the models involved in their design. This complexity can be managed only through the use of formal methods[3]. However, in general the engineering of software in such systems leads to a need for a mix of modelling languages and semantics; and this often leads to unexpected and undesirable interactions between components at all levels of abstraction[4]. There are currently no generally applicable tools for dealing with this heterogeneity of interactions in the engineering of complex systems.
This work was supported by grant ANR-13-INSE-0001 (The IMPEX Project http://impex.gforge.inria.fr) from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR).
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Gibson, J.P., Ait-Sadoune, I. (2014). Semantic Heterogeneity in the Formal Development of Complex Systems: An Introduction. In: Margaria, T., Steffen, B. (eds) Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Specialized Techniques and Applications. ISoLA 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8803. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45231-8_47
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