Formal Methods for Open Object-based Distributed Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. Types and Behavior

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Processes, Types, and Observations

      • Benjamin C. Pierce

      Pages 3-3

   3. Types for Active Objects Based on Trace Semantics

      • Franz Puntigam

      Pages 4-19

   4. A type description language supporting interoperability in open distributed systems

      • Wayne Brookes

      Pages 20-35

   5. Describing behaviour in interfaces

      • Andreas Prinz

      Pages 36-43

3. Formalizing Object-Oriented Methods

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Formalizing Fusion Object-Oriented Analysis Models

      • B. W. Bates, J.-M. Bruel, R. B. France, M. M. Larrondo-Petrie

      Pages 47-62

   3. An Approach to Integrate Formal Validation in an OO Life-cycle of Protocols

      • C. Jard, J.-M. Jézéquel, L. Nédelka

      Pages 63-78

   4. Introducing formal notations in the development of object-based distributed applications

      • S. Pickin, C. Sánchez, J.-C. Yelmo, J. J. Gil, E. Rodríguez

      Pages 79-95

4. Case Studies I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. Refinement of Distributed Object Systems

      • K. Lano, S. Goldsack

      Pages 99-114

   3. Some Specification and Proof Steps of a Spanning Tree Algorithm with an Object-Oriented Method

      • L. Bonnet, L. Duchien, G. Florin, L. Seinturier

      Pages 115-131

5. Actors

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Abstracting Interaction Patterns: A Programming Paradigm for Open Distributed Systems

      • Gul A. Agha

      Pages 135-153

   3. Interaction Semantics for Components of Distributed Systems

      • Carolyn Talcott

      Pages 154-169

   4. Using Actors as a computational model for OOram

      • H. Vestli

      Pages 170-177

   5. An Example for Concurrent Reflective Computations in Rewriting Logic

      • Hiroshi Ishikawa, Kokichi Futatsugi, Takuo Watanabe

      Pages 178-185

6. Open Distributed Processing I

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Viewpoint consistency in ODP, a general interpretation

      • H. Bowman, E. A. Boiten, J. Derrick, M. W. A. Steen

      Pages 189-204

Object-based Distributed Computing is being established as the most pertinent basis for the support of large, heterogeneous computing and telecommunications systems. The advent of Open Object-based Distributed Systems (OODS) brings new challenges and opportunities for the use and development of formal methods. Formal Methods for Open Object-based Distributed Systems presents the latest research in several related fields, and the exchange of ideas and experiences in a number of topics including: formal models for object-based distributed computing; semantics of object-based distributed systems and programming languages; formal techniques in object-based and object oriented specification, analysis and design; refinement and transformation of specifications; multiple viewpoint modeling and consistency between different models; formal techniques in distributed systems verification and testing; types, service types and subtyping; specification, verification and testing of quality of service constraints and formal methods and the object life cycle. It contains the selected proceedings of the International Workshop on Formal Methods for Open Object-based Distributed Systems, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing, and based in Paris, France, in March 1996.

• communication
• distributed computing
• distributed systems
• formal method
• information
• modeling
• programming
• programming language
• verification

• ENST, Paris, France

  Elie Najm

• CNET France Telecom, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France

  Jean-Bernard Stefani

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