Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are integrations of computation and physical processes.
Embedded computers and networks monitor and control the physical processes, usually …

Recently, contract-based design has been proposed as an “orthogonal” approach that
complements system design methodologies proposed so far to cope with the complexity of …

This chapter surveys timed automata as a formalism for model checking real-time systems.
We begin with introducing the model, as an extension of finite-state automata with real …

Quantitative generalizations of classical languages, which assign to each word a real
number instead of a Boolean value, have applications in modeling resource-constrained …

Abstract Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are integrations of computation and physical
processes. Embedded computers and networks monitor and control the physical processes …

Graph-based games are an important tool in computer science. They have applications in
synthesis, verification, refinement, and far beyond. We review graph-based games with …

We present the mathematical foundations and the design methodology of the contract-based
model developed in the framework of the SPEEDS project. SPEEDS aims at develo** …

Alfaro and Henzinger use alternating simulation in a two player game as a refinement for
interface automata [1]. We show that interface automata correspond to a subset of modal …

Most specification languages express only qualitative constraints. However, among two
implementations that satisfy a given specification, one may be preferred to another. For …

Abstract Surveying results from [5] and [6], we motivate and introduce the theory behind
formalizing rich interfaces for software and hardware components. Rich interfaces specify …