{"title":"Equational semantics for Basic LOTOS and an example of its use in a transformational proof style","authors":"M. Massink, L. Rooijakkers","doi":"10.1109/CMPEUR.1992.218427","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"LOTOS is a formal description technique for specifying and analyzing distributed systems. It is shown that equational semantics can be given for a subset called Basic LOTOS. A method based on Boolean equations is used. The semantics are shown to be consistent and complete. The equations for Basic LOTOS are found to form a sufficient basis for writing elegant proofs in a transformational style, which has many advantages compared to the more informal style in which proofs are normally presented. An example of such a transformational proof is given.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":390273,"journal":{"name":"CompEuro 1992 Proceedings Computer Systems and Software Engineering","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CompEuro 1992 Proceedings Computer Systems and Software Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CMPEUR.1992.218427","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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LOTOS is a formal description technique for specifying and analyzing distributed systems. It is shown that equational semantics can be given for a subset called Basic LOTOS. A method based on Boolean equations is used. The semantics are shown to be consistent and complete. The equations for Basic LOTOS are found to form a sufficient basis for writing elegant proofs in a transformational style, which has many advantages compared to the more informal style in which proofs are normally presented. An example of such a transformational proof is given.<>