Knowledge-based Software Development For Real-time Distributed Systems

By: Jeffrey J P Tsai, Thomas J Weigert

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Hardcover | 1 November 1993

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The interplay of artificial intelligence and software engineering has been an interesting and an active area in research institution and industry. This book covers the state of the art in the use of knowledge-based approaches for software specification, design, implementation, testing and debugging. Starting with an introduction to various software engineering paradigms and knowledge-based software systems, the book continues with the discussion of using hybrid knowledge representation as a basis to specify software requirements, to facilitate specification analysis and transformation of real-time distributed software systems. A formal requirements specification language using non-monotonic logic, temporal logic, frames and production systems for new software engineering paradigms (such as rapid prototyping, operational specification and transformational implementation) is also discussed in detail. Examples from switching and other applications are used to illustrate the requirements language. Finally, the development, specification and verification of knowledge-based systems are investigated.

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The Science of Software Development	p. 7
Software Engineering as Theory Construction	p. 7
Software Engineering Paradigms	p. 9
The Path from Problem to Program	p. 15
Knowledge-Based Software Development	p. 19
Knowledge Representation as a Basis of Specifying Requirements	p. 28
Demands on a Requirements Specification Language	p. 28
Languages to Formulate Requirements Specifications	p. 32
The FRORL Requirements Specification Language	p. 35
LSSGR Protocol Example	p. 41
Developing Requirements Specifications using FRORL	p. 45
Nonmonotonic Logic Foundation of the Requirements Specification Language	p. 50
The Formal Foundation of FRORL	p. 50
Soundness and Completeness of FRORL	p. 58
Representing FRORL Constructs	p. 65
A Requirements Specification Language for Real-Time Distributed Software Systems	p. 70
Characteristics of Real-Time Distributed Software Systems	p. 70
Demands on Requirements Specification Languages for Real-Time Distributed Systems	p. 71
Languages to Formulate Real-Time Requirements Specifications	p. 73
Modeling Mechanisms for Concurrent Distributed Systems	p. 78
Modeling Constructs for Real-Time Processes, Timing Constraints, and Temporal Properties	p. 81
Temporal Logic Foundation of the Real-Time Distributed Requirements Specification Language	p. 84
The Temporal Fix-Point Calculus	p. 84
Model Checking	p. 89
Expressing the Temporal Aspects of a FRORL Specification	p. 91
Verification of Requirements Specifications	p. 95
Analysis through Resolution Refutation	p. 95
Model Checking	p. 98
Timing Constraints Consistency Analysis	p. 109
Development, Specification, and Verification of Knowledge-Based Systems	p. 117
Difficulties in Verifying Knowledge-Based Systems	p. 117
Correctness Problems in Knowledge Bases	p. 119
Approaches to the Verification of Knowledge-Based Systems	p. 121
Dynamic Verification	p. 126
Knowledge-Based Implementation	p. 136
Automated Program Construction	p. 136
Canonicalization	p. 140
Data Dependency and Control Flow Analysis	p. 154
Determination of Execution Sequence	p. 163
Removal of Unnecessary Nondeterminacy	p. 167
Specification Debugging	p. 174
Knowledge-Based Debugging	p. 174
Debugging of FRORL Specifications	p. 177
A Example Specifications	p. 186
B Formal Grammar of FRORL	p. 197
C Some Results about Fix-Points	p. 200
D References	p. 203
E Index	p. 231
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