Formal Specification and Simulation of Reference Architectures for Distributed and Safety Critical Avionics Systems

Abstract

The original scope of this effort had two main objectives: (1) investigate fundamental implementation algorithms to extend the Rapide event-based architecture definition and simulation system by adding a capability for formal constraint-based specification of systems, and for checking conformance of systems to formal constraints, (2) demonstrate scalability of Rapide to simulate functional behavior and predict performance of different kinds of distributed systems, including avionics, simulation networks, training systems, secure information systems and command and control systems. In addition, new directions were added to include: (1) a technology transition effort, to enable rapide to be used for system architecture prototyping, and (2) development of event-based technology, called Complex event Processing, to enable instrumentation of systems to test their conformance to design constraints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1998
Accession Number
ADA379499

Entities

People

  • David C. Luckham

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Avionics
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Education
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Product Prototyping
  • Scalability
  • Simulations
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Training
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control