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A Formal Framework for Viewpoint Consistency

Bowman, Howard, Steen, Maarten, Boiten, Eerke Albert, Derrick, John (2002) A Formal Framework for Viewpoint Consistency. Formal Methods in System Design, 21 (2). pp. 111-166. ISSN 0925-9856. (doi:10.1023/A:1016000201864) (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:13730)

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Abstract

Multiple Viewpoint models of system development are becoming increasingly important. Each viewpoint offers a different perspective on the target system and system development involves parallel refinement of the multiple views. Viewpoints related approaches have been considered in a number of different guises by a spectrum of researchers. Our work particularly focuses on the use of viewpoints in Open Distributed Processing (ODP) which is an ISO/ITU standardisation framework. The requirements of viewpoints modelling in ODP are very broad and, hence, demanding. Multiple viewpoints, though, prompt the issue of consistency between viewpoints. This paper describes a very general interpretation of consistency which we argue is broad enough to meet the requirements of consistency in ODP. We present a formal framework for this general interpretation; highlight basic properties of the interpretation and locate restricted classes of consistency. Strategies for checking consistency are also investigated. Throughout we illustrate our theory using the formal description technique LOTOS. Thus, the paper also characterises the nature of and options for consistency checking in LOTOS.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1023/A:1016000201864
Uncontrolled keywords: Viewpoints, LOTOS, Development Relations, Open Distributed Processing, Process Algebra, FDTs
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: Eerke Boiten
Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2008 17:59 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:51 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/13730 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Bowman, Howard.

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Steen, Maarten.

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Boiten, Eerke Albert.

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Derrick, John.

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