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From a specification to an equivalence proof in object-oriented parallelism

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Parallel and Distributed Processing (IPPS 1999)

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We investigate the use of a TLA specification for modeling and proving parallelization within an object-oriented language.

Our model is based on Eiffel// a parallel extension of Eiffel, where sequential programs can be reused for parallel or concurrent programming with very minor changes. We want to prove that both versions of a given program (sequential and parallel) are equivalent with respect to some properties.

This article presents a description in TLA+ that captures the general Eiffel// execution model, and, as a case-study, specifies a program (a binary search tree) in both its sequential and parallel form. We then prove a property that demonstrates a behavioral equivalence for the two versions.

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  1. INRIA Sophia Antipolis, CNRS-I3S-Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, BP 93, 06902, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France

    Isabelle Attali, Denis Caromel & Sylvain Lippi

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José Rolim Frank Mueller Albert Y. Zomaya Fikret Ercal Stephan Olariu Binoy Ravindran Jan Gustafsson Hiroaki Takada Ron Olsson Laxmikant V. Kale Pete Beckman Matthew Haines Hossam ElGindy Denis Caromel Serge Chaumette Geoffrey Fox Yi Pan Keqin Li Tao Yang G. Chiola G. Conte L. V. Mancini Domenique Méry Beverly Sanders Devesh Bhatt Viktor Prasanna

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Attali, I., Caromel, D., Lippi, S. (1999). From a specification to an equivalence proof in object-oriented parallelism. In: Rolim, J., et al. Parallel and Distributed Processing. IPPS 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1586. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0098003

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