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Design and implementation of distributed algorithms often involve many subtleties due to their complex structure, non-determinism, and low atomicity as well as occurrence of unanticipated physical events such as faults. Thus, constructing correct distributed systems has always been a challenge and often subject to serious errors. We present a methodology for component-based modeling, verification, and performance evaluation of self-stabilizing systems based on the BIP framework. In BIP, a system is modeled as the composition of a set of atomic components by using two types of operators: interactions describing synchronization constraints between components, and priorities to specify scheduling constraints. The methodology involves three steps illustrated using the distributed reset algorithm due to Arora and Gouda. First, a high-level model of the algorithm is built in BIP from the set of its processes by using powerful primitives for multi-party interactions and scheduling. Then, we use this model for verification of properties of a self-stabilizing algorithm. Finally, a distributed model which is observationally equivalent to the high-level model is generated.
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Basu, A., Bonakdarpour, B., Bozga, M., Sifakis, J. (2010). Systematic Correct Construction of Self-stabilizing Systems: A Case Study. In: Dolev, S., Cobb, J., Fischer, M., Yung, M. (eds) Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems. SSS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6366. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16023-3_4
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