Towards Multiple Access in Generic Component Architectures
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
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Formal specifications are now widely accepted in software development.Recently, he need for a separation ofconcerns with reference to static and dynamic aspects appeared.Furthermore, in order to be able to design complex architectures and communication patterns, we need a structured approach which allows us to decompose a system in to subparts and to recompose is from them.Finally, a notion of formal reusable component which is suitable to describe both functional and dynamic aspects is also required.This paper presents the Korrigan model.It allows one to specify in a uniform and structured way both datatypes and behaviours using Symbolic Transition Systems and algebraic specifications.We demonstrate its ability to describe reusable components in a formal way with well defined interfaces.We also demons rate hat Korrigan is relevant to describe the architecture and communication schemes of systems hat may present a complex structure.