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In this paper we describe complementary approaches that can be used to ensure the reliability of real-time systems, such as those used in active structural control systems. These approaches include both model-checking and simulation, and are based on a temporal process algebra. We combine these formal methods with a high-level, graphical modeling technique, Modechart, to specify an active structural control system consisting of several processors. Timing requirements on the system are specified and verified with a combination of process algebraic models and modal logic, and various simulation concepts are described for debugging models and for gaining insight into system behavior.
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Elseaidy, W.M., Baugh, J.W. & Cleaveland, R. Verification of an active control system using temporal process algebra. Engineering with Computers 12, 46–61 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200261
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