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Julia Seiter Robert Wille Rolf Drechsler

Automatic Methods for the Refinement of System Models From the Specification to the Implementation 123

SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Julia Seiter Robert Wille Rolf Drechsler •

Automatic Methods for the Refinement of System Models From the Specification to the Implementation

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Julia Seiter Verden Germany Robert Wille Johannes Kepler University Linz Linz Austria

Rolf Drechsler AG Rechnerarchitektur University of Bremen Bremen Germany and Cyber-Physical Systems DFKI GmbH Bremen Germany

ISSN 2191-8112 ISSN 2191-8120 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering ISBN 978-3-319-41479-9 ISBN 978-3-319-41480-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41480-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016943417 © The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland

Preface

The ever-increasing complexity of electronic systems resulted in a strive for higher levels of abstraction in the corresponding design flows. This led to the rise of high-level programming languages in the design of software systems and the consideration of high abstraction levels such as the register-transfer level (RTL) or the electronic system level (ESL) in the design of hardware or embedded systems. Besides that, modeling languages such as the Unified Modeling Language (UML) or the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) find more and more interest. They allow for a formal description of the system to be implemented which can be checked for consistency and correctness before the actual implementation phase. However, the gap between the initial textual specification and its desired implementation is still significantly large. Single models are often not sufficient. Instead, an iterative model developm