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Transforming SOS Specifications to Linear Processes

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Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS 2011)

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This paper describes an approach to transform Structural Operational Semantics, given as a set of deduction rules, to a Linear Process Specification. The transformation is provided for deduction rules in De Simone format, including predicates. The Linear Process Specifications are specified in the syntax of the mCRL2 language, that, with help of the underlying (higher-order) re-writer/tool-set, can be used for simulation, labeled transition system generation and verification of behavioral properties. We illustrate the technique by showing the effect of the transformation from the Structural Operational Semantics specification of a simple process algebra to a Linear Process Specification.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, NL-5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Frank P. M. Stappers

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, NL-5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Michel A. Reniers

  3. Department for Architecture and Platform, ASML, P.O. Box 324, NL-5500 AH, Veldhoven, The Netherlands

    Sven Weber

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Stappers, F.P.M., Reniers, M.A., Weber, S. (2011). Transforming SOS Specifications to Linear Processes. In: Salaün, G., Schätz, B. (eds) Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems. FMICS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6959. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24431-5_15

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