Modern Formal Methods and Applications (eBook)

The editor is a member of the following societies/associations: SICE, IEEE-SMC, Japan Society of Chemical Engineering, Japan Society of Safety Engineers, Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering, AIChE, IEE. He serves on the board of PSE, process systems engineering (Japan) and JSSE.

PREFACE; ABOUT THE EDITOR; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES;
1 FUNDAMENTALS OF FORMAL METHODS; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Logic; 1.3 Argument & Proofs ; 1.4 Automata Theory; 1.5 Algorithms; 1.6 Logic Programming; 1.7 Formal Languages; 1.8 Conclusion; 1.9 References;
2 FORMAL METHODS FOR PROCESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Process Systems Engineering; 2.3 Why Formal Language? 2.4 Operation Engineering; 2.5 SOP synthesis; 2.6 Meta-Operation for Master Recipe; 2.7 Control Recipe Generation; 2.8 Conclusion; 2.9 References;
3 FORMAL METHODS FOR PRODUCTION CHAIN MANAGEMENT; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Production Chain Operation Framework; 3.3 Formal Representation of OM; 3.4 Case Study Production Chain; 3.5 Conclusions; 3.6 References;
4 FORMALIZING WASTE MANAGEMENT; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Formal Method; 4.3 PSSP Ontology; 4.4 The Universal Properties; 4.5 Central Objects; 4.6 Application to Waste Management; 4.7 What Is Waste Management? 4.8 A Case; 4.9 Discussion; 4.10 Acknowledgement; 4.11 References;
5 FORMAL METHODS FOR MODELING BIOLOGICAL REGULATORY NETWORKS; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Qualitative Dynamics of Biological Regulatory Networks; 5.3 Differential Modelling; 5.4 Fonnal Methods; 5.5 Immunity Control in Bacteriophage Lambda; 5.6 Conclusion; 5.7 Acknowledgements; 5.8 References;
6 FORMAL METHODS FOR SPECIFYING AND ANALYZING COMPLEX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Formal Specification Techniques; 6.3 Formal Methods for Designing Software Architectures; 6.4 Formal Software Architecture Analysis; 6.5 Related Work; 6.6 Concluding Remarks; 6.7 Acknowledgements; 6.8 References;
7 AN ALGEBRAIC APPROACH TO HARDWARE COMPILATION; 7. 1 Introduction; 7.2 A Language of Communicating Processes; 7.3 Compiling Strategy; 7.4 Handshake Protocol; 7.5 Data Processes; 7.6 Control Processes; 7.7 Hardware Device; 7.8 Conclusion; 7.9 References;
8 FORMAL METHODS FOR UML; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 From UML to SMV; 8.3 Verification; 8.4 Related work ; 8.5 Conclusions and Future Lines of Work; 8.6 References;
INDEX.