Abstract State Machines A Method for High-Level System Design and Analysis [Hardcover]

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Goals of the Book and Contours of its Method.- 1.1.1 Stepwise Refinable Abstract Operational Modeling.- 1.1.2 Abstract Virtual Machine Notation.- 1.1.3 Practical Benefits.- 1.1.4 Harness Pseudo-Code by Abstraction and Refinement.- 1.1.5 Adding Abstraction and Rigor to UML Models.- 1.2 Synopsis of the Book.- 2 ASM Design and Analysis Method.- 2.1 Principles of Hierarchical System Design.- 2.1.1 Ground Model Construction (Requirements Capture).- 2.1.2 Stepwise Refinement (Incremental Design).- 2.1.3 Integration into Software Practice.- 2.2 Working Definition.- 2.2.1 Basic ASMs.- 2.2.2 Definition.- 2.2.3 Classification of Locations and Updates.- 2.2.4 ASM Modules.- 2.2.5 Illustration by Small Examples.- 2.2.6 Control State ASMs.- 2.2.7 Exercises.- 2.3 Explanation by Example: Correct Lift Control.- 2.3.1 Exercises.- 2.4 Detailed Definition (Math. Foundation).- 2.4.1 Abstract States and Update Sets.- 2.4.2 Mathematical Logic.- 2.4.3 Transition Rules and Runs of ASMs.- 2.4.4 The Reserve of ASMs.- 2.4.5 Exercises.- 2.5 Notational Conventions.- 3 Basic ASMs.- 3.1 Requirements Capture by Ground Models.- 3.1.1 Fundamental Questions to be Asked.- 3.1.2 Illustration by Small Use Case Models.- 3.1.3 Exercises.- 3.2 Incremental Design by Refinements.- 3.2.1 Refinement Scheme and its Specializations.- 3.2.2 Two Refinement Verification Case Studies.- 3.2.3 Decomposing Refinement Verifications.- 3.2.4 Exercises.- 3.3 Microprocessor Design Case Study.- 3.3.1 Ground Model DLXseq.- 3.3.2 Parallel Model DLXpar Resolving Structural Hazards.- 3.3.3 Verifying Resolution of Structural Hazards (DLXpar).- 3.3.4 Resolving Data Hazards (Refinement DLXdata).- 3.3.5 Exercises.- 4 Structured ASMs (Composition Techniques).- 4.1 Turbo ASMs (seq, iterate, submachines, recursion).- 4.1.1 Seq and Iterate (Structured Programming).- 4.1.2 Submachines and Recursion (Encapsulation and Hiding).- 4.1.3 Analysis of Turbo ASM Steps.- 4.1.4 Exercises.- 4.2 Abstract State Processes (Interleal³2