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Formal Methods for the Design of Real-Time Systems

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Timed Process Algebra (With a Focus on Explicit Termination and Relative-Timing)

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We treat theory and application of timed process algebra. We focus on a variant that uses explicit termination and action prefixing. This variant has some advantages over other variants. We concentrate on relative timing, but the treatment of absolute timing is similar. We treat both discrete and dense timing. We build up the theory incrementally. The different algebras are interrelated by embeddings and conservative extensions. As an example, we consider the PAR communication protocol.

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  • Time Slice
  • Operational Semantic
  • Deduction System
  • Sequential Composition
  • Parallel Composition

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Baeten, J.C.M., Reniers, M.A. (2004). Timed Process Algebra (With a Focus on Explicit Termination and Relative-Timing). In: Bernardo, M., Corradini, F. (eds) Formal Methods for the Design of Real-Time Systems. SFM-RT 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3185. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30080-9_3

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