Title
MoDe: A Method for System-Level Architecture Evaluation
Abstract
System-level design methodologies for embeddedHW/SW systems face several challenges: In order tobe susceptible to systematic formal analysis based onstate-space exploration, a modelling notation with a simpleformal semantics is desired. Architecture-level engineeringpractice demands notations which concentrate on certainaspects of system functionality, while other aspects (suchas communication and scheduling) are implicitly encodedin the language semantics, and realized using HW/SWcomponents such as operating systems and protocol stacks.We describe a system-level design methodology targetedfor automotive control applications. Models in a simplegraphical component-based input language are compiledinto complex system models incorporating abstractionsfor hardware, operating systems, and inter-processorcommunication. System models are based on the synchronousAutoFocus notation and are used as a basis for formal analysis such as systematic worst-case response time analysis. The paper describes a reference architecture for implementation, the MoDe design notation, and the translation to system models along with an outlook giving a perspective for analysis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/MEMCOD.2003.1210082
Formal methods and models for system design
Keywords
Field
DocType
system model,system-level design methodology,compiledinto complex system model,systematic formal analysis,architecture-level engineeringpractice demands notation,complex system model,design alternatives demands notation,mode design notation,system-level design,system-level architecture evaluation,analysis procedure,system functionality,modelling notation,sw system,formal analysis,formal semantics,operating systems,software architecture,operating system,computer architecture,constraint optimization,formal verification,hardware,protocol stack,reference architecture,design optimization,software engineering,system level design,software system,automotive engineering,complex system,communication system,state space,system modeling
Notation,Programming language,Computer science,Electronic system-level design and verification,Hardware abstraction,Formal specification,Software system,Real-time computing,Reference architecture,Software architecture,Formal verification
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-4020-8051-4
1
0.49
References 
Authors
14
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jan Romberg1244.51
oscar slotosch210.49
gabor hahn320.84