: Retrenchment is introduced as a liberalisation of refinement intended to address some of the shortcomings of refinement as sole means of progressing from simple abstract models t...
This paper tackles the problem of analyzing the correctness and performance of a computer network protocol. Given the complexity of the problem, no currently used technique is abl...
Mario Baldi, Fulvio Corno, Maurizio Rebaudengo, Gi...
This paper presents a method to characterize Nyquist rate A/D converters based on the use of a first order statistical behavioral model. The proposed model is derived from a very...
A distributed algorithm that implements a sequentially consistent collection of shared read/update objects using a combination of broadcast and point-to-point communication is pre...
A real-time system operates under timing constraints which it may be unable to meet under some circumstances. The criticality of a timing constraint determines how a system is to ...