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We specify a controller for a steam boiler starting from an informal descriptions of its requirements. The specification is formalized in the temporal logic TRIO and its object-oriented extension TRIO+. To obtain a maximum of abstraction and reuse we make the specification parametric with respect to all equipment and hardware features, and we avoid to impose any particular strategy in the management of the available resources and in the control of the critical physical quantities.
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Gargantini, A., Morzenti, A. (1996). TRIO specification of a steam boiler controller. In: Abrial, JR., Börger, E., Langmaack, H. (eds) Formal Methods for Industrial Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1165. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0027239
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