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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2015.22
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-51861
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2015/5186/
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Talcott, Carolyn

Executable Formal Models in Rewriting Logic (Invited Talk)

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Abstract

Formal executable models provide a means to gain insights into the behavior of complex distributed systems. Ideas can be prototyped and assurance gained by carrying out analyses at different levels of fidelity: searching for desirable or undesirable behaviors, determining effects of perturbing the system, and eventually investing effort to carry out formal proofs of key properties. This modeling approach applies to a wide range of systems, including a variety of protocols and networked cyber-physical systems. It is also emerging as an important tool in understanding many different aspects of biological systems.

Rewriting logic (RWL) is a formalism that is well-suited to developing and working with formal executable models. In RWL term rewriting is used to represent both structure (equational properties and functions) and transformation / behavior. Logics and inference systems can be naturally represented in RWL, as can the structure and behavior of distributed systems both engineered and natural.

Maude is a high performance realization of Rewriting Logic. Maude specifications are naturally executable and the Maude environment provides a variety analysis tools to reason about properties of models. These include reachability analysis, symbolic execution (narrowing), and model-checking. In addition, Maude is reflective. This provides a powerful mechanism for extension.

The talk will present a sampling of executable specifications using Maude and its extensions.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{talcott:LIPIcs:2015:5186,
  author =	{Carolyn Talcott},
  title =	{{Executable Formal Models in Rewriting Logic (Invited Talk)}},
  booktitle =	{26th International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA 2015)},
  pages =	{22--22},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-85-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{36},
  editor =	{Maribel Fern{\'a}ndez},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2015/5186},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-51861},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.RTA.2015.22},
  annote =	{Keywords: Executable model, formal analysis, rewriting logic}
}

Keywords: Executable model, formal analysis, rewriting logic
Collection: 26th International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA 2015)
Issue Date: 2015
Date of publication: 18.06.2015

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