Behaviour-preserving transformations in SHE: a formal approach to architecture design

Author

Voeten, J.P.M. ; van der Putten, P.H.A. ; Stevens, M.P.J.

Author_Institution

Sect. of Digital Inf. Syst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

1996

fDate

2-5 Sep 1996

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

27

Abstract

SHE (Software/Hardware Engineering) is an object-oriented analysis, specification and design method for complex reactive hardware/software systems. SHE is based on the formal specification language POOSL and a design framework guiding the analysis and design activities. During analysis several graphical models are produced. These models are formalized in a textual representation in the POOSL language. The obtained POOSL description describes both behaviour and initial system structure. During design the initial system structure may have to be adjusted or refined due to architectural constraints and design decisions. For this purpose so-called behaviour-preserving transformations are used. These transformations allow structure modifications in a graphical way and they allow the automatic change of the POOSL specification during interactive system simulation. This paper reports the development of a formal basis for design transformations and shows their applicability

Keywords

computer architecture; formal specification; software engineering; POOSL; SHE; architecture design; behaviour-preserving transformations; design framework; formal approach; formal specification language; Computer architecture; Design engineering; Design methodology; Formal specifications; Graphical models; Hardware; Information systems; Interactive systems; Object oriented modeling; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EUROMICRO 96. Beyond 2000: Hardware and Software Design Strategies., Proceedings of the 22nd EUROMICRO Conference

Conference_Location

Prague

ISSN

1089-6503

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7487-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURMIC.1996.546361

Filename

546361