Abstract State Machines - Theory and Applications: International Workshop, ASM 2000 Monte Verita, Switzerland, March 19-24, 2000 Proceedings

by Yuri Gurevich (Editor)

Abstract State Machines at the Cusp of the Millenium.- Mathematical Foundations.- Abstract State Machines and Pure Mathematics.- Abstract State Machines and Computationally Complete Query Languages.- On Verification of Refinements of Timed Distributed Algorithms.- Abstract State Machine Languages.- Objects + Views = Components?.- XASM- An Extensible, Component-Based Abstract State Machines Language.- Generic Facilities in Object-Oriented ASMs.- Distribution and Concurrency.- Towards an ASM Thesis for Unconventional Algorithms.- Partially Ordered A Case Study.- Investigating Java Concurrency Using Abstract State Machines.- Compilers and Semantics.- Verifying Compilers and ASMs or ASMs for Uniform Description of Multistep Transformations.- An ASM Dynamic Semantics for Standard ML.- Modeling the Dynamics of UML State Machines.- On the Formal Semantics of Compilation Approach Based on an Abstract SDL Machine.- Description and Simulation of Microprocessor Instruction Sets Using ASMs.- Automatic Verication and Model Checking.- Symbolic Analysis of Transition Systems?.- Encoding Abstract State Machines in PVS.- Model Checking Abstract State Machines and Beyond.- Towards a Methodology for Model Checking Lessons Learned from the FLASH Case Study.- Industrial Applications.- Report on a Practical Application of ASMs in Software Design.- Using Abstract State Machines at A Case Study.

396 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2000