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Title: On the construction of a domain language for a class of reactive systems

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OSTI ID:750218

A key step in the construction of high consequence software is its specification in a formal framework. In order to minimize the difficulty and potential for error, a specification should be expressed in a domain language supporting operators and structures that are intrinsic to the class of algorithms one wishes to specify. In this paper the authors describe a language that is suitable for the algorithmic specification of software controllers for a class of reactive systems of which the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system is an instance. The authors then specify an abstract controller for a subset of BART using this language.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
750218
Report Number(s):
SAND99-3136C; TRN: AH200007%%82
Resource Relation:
Conference: High Integrity Software Conference, Albuquerque, NM (US), 11/14/1999--11/17/1999; Other Information: PBD: 9 Dec 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English