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A MODEL-BASED DESIGN-FOR-VERIFICATION APPROACH TO CHECKING FOR DEADLOCK IN MULTI-THREADED APPLICATIONS.

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Title: A MODEL-BASED DESIGN-FOR-VERIFICATION APPROACH TO CHECKING FOR DEADLOCK IN MULTI-THREADED APPLICATIONS.
Authors: SARNA-STAROSTA, BEATA1 bss@cse.msu.edu, STIREWALT, R. E. K.1 stire@cse.msu.edu, DILLON, LAURA K.1 ldillon@cse.msu.edu
Source: International Journal of Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering. Apr2007, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p207-230. 24p. 5 Diagrams, 4 Charts.
Subjects: Logic programming, Frame synchronizers, Software engineering, Computer software development, Object monitors (Computer software), Semantic networks (Information theory)
Abstract: This paper explores an approach to design for verification in systems built atop a middleware framework which separates synchronization concerns from the "core-functional logic" of a program. The framework is based on a language-independent compositional model of synchronization contracts, called Szumo, which integrates well with popular OO design artifacts and provides strong guarantees of non-interference for a class of strictly exclusive systems. An approach for extracting models from Szumo design artifacts and analyzing the generated models to detect deadlocks is described. A key decision was to use Constraint Handling Rules to express the semantics of synchronization contracts, which allowed a transparent model of the implementation logic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:This paper explores an approach to design for verification in systems built atop a middleware framework which separates synchronization concerns from the "core-functional logic" of a program. The framework is based on a language-independent compositional model of synchronization contracts, called Szumo, which integrates well with popular OO design artifacts and provides strong guarantees of non-interference for a class of strictly exclusive systems. An approach for extracting models from Szumo design artifacts and analyzing the generated models to detect deadlocks is described. A key decision was to use Constraint Handling Rules to express the semantics of synchronization contracts, which allowed a transparent model of the implementation logic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:02181940
DOI:10.1142/S0218194007003197