Real-time process algebra and its applications

Abstract

It is recognized that human and system behaviors may be modeled by a 3-D process comprising actions, time, and space. Software behaviors, similarly, can be modeled in the three dimensions known as the mathematical operations, event/process timing, and memory manipulation. This paper introduces Real-Time Process Algebra (RTPA) as a coherent software engineering notation system. RTPA is used to address the 3-D problem in software system description and specification in terms of architecture, static and dynamic behaviors. Case studies on applications of RTPA in real-time system modeling and specification are provided in this paper with real-world examples. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003.