Towards a Symbolic Modal Logic for LOTOS

Abstract

We present a version of HML [7], adapted to allow description of properties of Full LOTOS [8] specifications using symbolic values and conditions in modal formulae as well as concrete data values. In modifying HML we especially consider the features of LOTOS which distinguish it from other process algebras and discuss how these alter the requirements of the logic, and how this in turn is reflected in the semantics of the logic.

Our logic is given in relation to a late symbolic semantics for Full LOTOS, clearly separating the process reasoning from the data reasoning.

This work is motivated by our experiences of using LOTOS in several different applications [10, 15], in which we have identified a clear need for temporal reasoning about symbolic, and possibly partial, LOTOS specifications.

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Publication date: September 1996

Publication date (Print): September 1996

Pages: 1-14

Affiliations

Department of Computer Studies, Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow, Scotland

Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow

Glasgow, Scotland

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/FA1996.10

Copyright statement: © Carron Kirkwood et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of the BCS-FACS Northern Formal Methods Workshop, Ilkley, UK

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Conference name: Proceedings of the BCS-FACS Northern Formal Methods Workshop

Conference acronym: NFM

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Conference location: Ilkley, UK

Conference date: 23-24 September 1996

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Northern Formal Methods

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing