Formal description techniques II : proceedings of the IFIP TC/WG 6.1 Second International Conference on Formal Description Techniques for Distributed Systems and Communications Protocols, FORTE '89, Vancouver, Canada, 5-8 December 1989

Author(s)

• FORTE
• Vuong, Son T.

Bibliographic Information

Formal description techniques II : proceedings of the IFIP TC/WG 6.1 Second International Conference on Formal Description Techniques for Distributed Systems and Communications Protocols, FORTE '89, Vancouver, Canada, 5-8 December 1989

edited by Son T. Vuong

North-Holland, 1990

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Selected research papers collected in this volume cover various theoretical and practical aspects of Formal Description Techniques (FDTs), e.g. LOTOS, Estelle, SDL, TTCN and ASN.1, for communications protocols. The main subject areas covered by the papers are: - Theoretical and practical aspects of analysing formal descriptions, including translation, implementation and test generation - Practical experience of using FDTs - Software tools to support the applications of FDTs - FDT language design issues and FDT extensions - Perspective on FDTs.

Table of Contents

Mini-Papers on Software Tools. Tools for Protocol Implementation and Testing (5 papers). Tools for Protocol Specification and Analysis (5 papers). Full Papers. 1. Architectural Concepts and LOTOS (3 papers). Invited Presentation: A LOTOS-Based Development Strategy (K. Turner). 2. LOTOS Implementation (3 papers). 3. LOTOS Extensions (3 papers). 4. Specification for Verification (3 papers). Invited Presentation: Functional Specifications for Telecommunications Software (D.L. Parnas). 5. Other FDTs (3 papers). 6. FDT Applied: Protocol Testing (4 papers). 7. FDT Implementation (3 papers). Invited Presentation: Experience with Formal Methods in Protocol Development (D. Sidhu). 8. FDT Experience (3 papers). 9. FDT Translation (3 papers).

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA10745135
• ISBN:
  • 0444885447
• LCCN: 90007278
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 549 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA76.6
  • DC20 : 005.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Electronic digital computers -- Programming -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Formal language -- Congresses