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A specification for a production cell is developed using the design method Focus. The specification comprises both the components of the production cell and the corresponding control programs. This work investigates the suitability of a rule system for the stepwise refinement of distributed systems in an assumption/commitment style. As a running example we consider the elevating rotary table of a production cell. Besides descriptive and constructive specifications for this component an executable simulation program in a functional language is presented. All design steps except the final transformation to an executable program are proven correct.
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Fuchs, M., Philipps, J. (1995). Focus. In: Lewerentz, C., Lindner, T. (eds) Formal Development of Reactive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 891. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58867-1_55
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