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This paper presents a formal specification and hierarchic development method for concurrent systems. The approach is based on a temporal logic to enable the specification of both safety and liveness properties in a single uniform framework. Two main problems are addressed, firstly, the reconciliation of temporal logic and compositionality in a structured specification approach, and secondly, to possess natural and easy to use proof rules for justifying parallel decomposition steps. To solve the first, we use a simple modification to the usual temporal logic model; to solve the second, we advocate the use of past time temporal operators in a new systematic and structured style for writing specifications.
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Barringer, H., Kuiper, R. (1985). Hierarchical development of concurrent systems in a temporal logic framework. In: Brookes, S.D., Roscoe, A.W., Winskel, G. (eds) Seminar on Concurrency. CONCURRENCY 1984. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 197. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-15670-4_2
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