Abstract
Semantics for synchronous programming languages are well known. They capture the execution behaviour of reactive systems using precise formal operational or denotational models for verification and unambiguous semantics-preserving compilation. As synchronous programs are highly time critical, there is an imminent need for the development of an execution time aware semantics that can be used as the formal basis of WCET tools. To this end we propose such a compositional semantics for synchronous programs. Our approach, which is algebraic and based on formal power series in min-max-plus algebra, combines in one setting both the linear system theory for timing and constructive Gödel-Dummet logic for functional specification of synchronisation behaviour. The developed semantics is illustrated using a running example in the SCCharts language.
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We thank our anonymous reviewers and Insa Fuhrmann for the constructive feedback. We acknowledge the Precision-Timed Synchronous Reactive Processing (PRETSY2) project by the German Research Foundation DFG (ME 1427/6-2, HA 4407/6-2). Partha Roop acknowledges the research and study leave from Auckland University. Bruno Bodin acknowledges funding from the EPSRC grant PAMELA EP/K008730/1.
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Mendler, M., Roop, P.S., Bodin, B. (2016). A Novel WCET Semantics of Synchronous Programs. In: Fränzle, M., Markey, N. (eds) Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems. FORMATS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9884. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44878-7_12
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