The formal, tool supported development of real time systems

Sinnott, R.O. (2004) The formal, tool supported development of real time systems. In: SEFM 2004: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods: September 28-30, 2004, Beijing, China. IEEE Computer Society: Los Alamitos, USA. ISBN 9780769522227 (doi: 10.1109/SEFM.2004.1347543)

Abstract

The language SDL has long been applied in the development of various kinds of systems. Real-time systems are one application area where SDL has been applied extensively. Whilst SDL allows for certain modelling aspects of real-time systems to be represented, the language and its associated tool support have certain drawbacks for modelling and reasoning about such systems. In this paper we highlight the limitations of SDL and its associated tool support in this domain and present language extensions and next generation real-time system tool support to help overcome them. The applicability of the extensions and tools is demonstrated through a case study based upon a multimedia binding object used to support a configuration of time dependent information producers and consumers realising the so called lip-synchronisation algorithm.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Keywords: SDL, validation, teal-time systems
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sinnott, Professor Richard
• Authors: Sinnott, R.O.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: University Services > IT Services > Computing Service
• Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
• ISBN: 9780769522227
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2004 IEEE Computer Society
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.