Abstract
Simulink is a popular tool for model-based development of control systems. However, due to the complexity caused by the increasing demand for sophisticated controllers, validation of Simulink models is becoming a more difficult task. To ensure correctness and reliability of large models, it is important to be able to reason about model parts and their interactions. This paper provides a definition of contracts and refinement using the action system formalism. Contracts enable abstract specifications of model parts, while refinement offers a framework to reason about correctness of implementation of contracts, as well as composition of model parts. An example is provided to illustrate system development using contracts and refinement.
This work is carried out in the context of the project ITCEE (Improving Transient Control and Energy Efficiency by digital hydraulics) funded by the Finnish funding agency TEKES
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Boström, P., Morel, L., Waldén, M. (2007). Stepwise Development of Simulink Models Using the Refinement Calculus Framework. In: Jones, C.B., Liu, Z., Woodcock, J. (eds) Theoretical Aspects of Computing – ICTAC 2007. ICTAC 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4711. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75292-9_6
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