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STATEMATE: A Working Environment for the Development of Complex Reactive Systems (1990)
| Venue: | IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering |
| Citations: | 486 - 7 self |
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@ARTICLE{Harel90statemate:a,
author = {David Harel and Hagi Lachover and Amnon Naamad and Amir Pnueli and Michal Politi and Rivi Sherman and Aharon Shtull-trauring and Mark Trakhtenbrot},
title = {STATEMATE: A Working Environment for the Development of Complex Reactive Systems},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering},
year = {1990},
volume = {16},
pages = {5}
}
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Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the STATEMATE system, constructed over the past several years by the authors and their colleagues at Ad Cad Ltd., the R&D subsidiary of i-Logix, Inc. STATEMATE is a set of tools, with a heavy graphical orientation, in- tended for the specification, analysis, design, and documentation of large and complex reactive systems, such as real-time embedded sys- tems, control and communication systems, and interactive software or hardware. It enables a user to prepare, analyze, and debug diagram- matic, yet precise, descriptions of the system under development from three interrelated points of view, capturing structure, functionality, and behavior. These views are represented by three graphical languages, the most intricate of which is the language of statecharts [4], used to depict reactive behavior over time. In addition to the use of statecharts, the main novelty of STATEMATE is in the fact that it "understands " the entire descriptions perfectly, to the point of being able to analyze them for crucial dynamic properties, to carry out rigorous ex- ecutions and simulations of the described system, and to create run- ning code automatically. These features are invaluable when it comes to the quality and reliability of the final outcome.
Keyphrases
complex reactive system working environment past several year statemate system ad cad ltd heavy graphical orientation final outcome communication system main novelty interrelated point crucial dynamic property sys tems graphical language reactive behavior described system entire description debug diagram matic interactive software rigorous ex ecutions
