A refinement relation supporting the transition from unbounded to bounded communication buffers:

Abstract: "This paper proposes a refinement relation supporting the transition from unbounded to bounded communication buffers. Employing this refinement relation, a system specification based on purely asynchronous communication can for example be refined into a system specification where the...

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Main Author: Stølen, Ketil (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: München 1994
Series:Technische Universität <München>: TUM-I 9435
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Summary:Abstract: "This paper proposes a refinement relation supporting the transition from unbounded to bounded communication buffers. Employing this refinement relation, a system specification based on purely asynchronous communication can for example be refined into a system specification where the components communicate purely in terms of hand- shakes. First a weak version called partial refinement is introduced. Partial refinement guarantees only the preservation of safety properties. This refinement relation is then strengthened into total refinement which preserves both safety and liveness properties. Thus a total refinement is also a partial refinement. The suitability of this refinement relation for top-down design is discussed and some examples are given."
Physical Description:24 S. graph. Darst.

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