An institution of object behaviour

  • Amílcar Sernadas
  • José Félix Costa
  • Cristina Sernadas
Contributed Papers
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Abstract

An institution for a simple logic of behaviour is built using a cofibration from a category of transition systems into the envisaged category of signatures. The chosen propositional, linear temporal logic distinguishes between event occurrence and event enabling. The satisfaction condition is proved using a fibered adjunction between transition systems and their computations. The operational semantics of behaviour specifications is briefly discussed.

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1994

Authors and Affiliations

  • Amílcar Sernadas
    • 1
    • 3
  • José Félix Costa
    • 2
    • 3
  • Cristina Sernadas
    • 1
    • 3
  1. 1.Departamento de MatemáticaISTPortugal
  2. 2.Departamento de InformáticaFCULPortugal
  3. 3.INESCLisboa CodexPortugal

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