Formal specification and verification of a network independent atomic multicast protocol.

M. Baptista, L. Rodrigues, P. Veríssimo, S. Graf, J.L. Richier, C. Rodriguez, and J. Voiron.

From "Formal Description Techniques", III, pages 345-352, J. Quemada, J. Mañas, and E. Vazques, editors, 1991, North-Holland.


Abstract

Research on formal description techniques during the last years has revealed new trends on the description of distributed systems. Nevertheless, the application of these techniques to real and complex systems is not straightforward and there are not many case studies in this area.

This paper presents an experience in protocol building area, by involving a close interaction between protocol design and formal verification, and shows off its application in the design of a real distributed system: a network independent atomic multicast protocol.

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Luís Rodrigues