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Discrete Timed Automata and MONA: Description, Specification and Verification of a Multimedia Stream

Gomez, Rodolfo and Bowman, Howard (2003) Discrete Timed Automata and MONA: Description, Specification and Verification of a Multimedia Stream. In: Konig, H. and Heiner, M. and Wolisz, A., eds. Formal Techniques for Networked and Distributed Systems - FORTE 2003 23rd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference. Lecture Notes in Computr Science . Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 177-192. ISBN 978-3-540-20175-5. E-ISBN 978-3-540-39979-7. (doi:10.1007/978-3-540-39979-7_12) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:13904)

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Abstract

MONA implements an efficient decision procedure for the weak second-order logic WS1S, and has already been applied in many non-trivial problems. Among these, we follow on from the work of Smith and Klarlund on the verification of a sliding-window protocol. This paper extends the scope of MONA to the verification of time-dependent protocols. We present Discrete Timed Automata (DTA) as a suitable formalism to specify and verify such protocols. In this paper our case study will be the specification and verification of a multimedia stream. DTA are as much influenced by IO Automata (syntactically) as they are by Timed Automata (semantically). A composition strategy is given to combine a set of synchronising automata, resulting in a product automaton over which safety properties can be verified. Invariance proofs are then performed inductively on the automaton structure. MONA supports the mechanical verification of invariance proofs.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/978-3-540-39979-7_12
Uncontrolled keywords: Inference Rule; Safety Property; Label Transition System; Media Stream; Local Clock
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Mark Wheadon
Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2008 18:00 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:52 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/13904 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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