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Formal Techniques in Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Systems (FTRTFT 1994, ProCoS 1994)

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The goal of the Provably Correct Systems project (ProCoS) is to develop a mathematical basis for development of embedded, real-time, computer systems. This survey paper introduces the specification languages and verification techniques for four levels of development: Requirements definition and control design; Transformation to a systems architecture with program designs and their transformation to programs; Compilation of real-time programs to conventional processors, and Compilation of programs to hardware.

This work is partially funded by the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) under the ESPRIT programme in the field of Basic Research Project No. 7071: “ProCoS II: Provably Correct Systems”. The hardware compilation work is partially funded by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) under the Information Engineering Directorate SAFEMOS project (IED3/1/1036).

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    Jifeng He & C. A. R. Hoare

  2. Institut für Informatik und Praktische Mathematik, Christian-Albrechts-UniversitÄt zu Kiel, Preu\erstra\e 1-9, D-24105, Kiel, Germany

    Martin FrÄnzle & Markus Müller-Olm

  3. FB Informatik, UniversitÄt Oldenburg, Postfach 2503, D-26111, Oldenburg, Germany

    Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog & Michael Schenke

  4. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, bldg. 344, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

    Michael R. Hansen, Anders P. Ravn & Hans Rischel

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He, J. et al. (1994). Provably Correct Systems. In: Langmaack, H., de Roever, WP., Vytopil, J. (eds) Formal Techniques in Real-Time and Fault-Tolerant Systems. FTRTFT ProCoS 1994 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 863. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58468-4_171

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