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Author Tronci, Enrico
Title Equational Programming in Lambda-Calculus via SL-Systems. Part 1 Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1996 Publication Theoretical Computer Science Abbreviated Journal
Volume 160 Issue 1&2 Pages 145-184
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ tcs96 Serial 54
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Author Tronci, Enrico
Title Equational Programming in Lambda-Calculus via SL-Systems. Part 2 Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1996 Publication Theoretical Computer Science Abbreviated Journal
Volume 160 Issue 1&2 Pages 185-216
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ tcs96a Serial 55
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Author Tronci, Enrico
Title Optimal Finite State Supervisory Control Type Conference Article
Year (up) 1996 Publication CDC '96: Proceedings of the 35th IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control Abbreviated Journal
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Abstract Supervisory Controllers are Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (DEDSs) forming the discrete core of a Hybrid Control System. We address the problem of automatic synthesis of Optimal Finite State Supervisory Controllers (OSCs). We show that Boolean First Order Logic (BFOL) and Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) are an effective methodological and practical framework for Optimal Finite State Supervisory Control. Using BFOL programs (i.e. systems of boolean functional equations) and BDDs we give a symbolic (i.e. BDD based) algorithm for automatic synthesis of OSCs. Our OSC synthesis algorithm can handle arbitrary sets of final states as well as plant transition relations containing loops and uncontrollable events (e.g. failures). We report on experimental results on the use of our OSC synthesis algorithm to synthesize a C program implementing a minimum fuel OSC for two autonomous vehicles moving on a 4 x 4 grid.
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Publisher IEEE Computer Society Place of Publication Washington, DC, USA Editor
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ cdc96 Serial 67
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Author Tronci, Enrico
Title On Computing Optimal Controllers for Finite State Systems Type Conference Article
Year (up) 1997 Publication CDC '97: Proceedings of the 36th IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control Abbreviated Journal
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ cdc97 Serial 66
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Author Fantechi, Alessandro; Gnesi, Stefania; Mazzanti, Franco; Pugliese, Rosario; Tronci, Enrico
Title A Symbolic Model Checker for ACTL Type Conference Article
Year (up) 1998 Publication International Workshop on Current Trends in Applied Formal Method (FM-Trends) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 228-242
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Abstract We present SAM, a symbolic model checker for ACTL, the action-based version of CTL. SAM relies on implicit representations of Labeled Transition Systems (LTSs), the semantic domain for ACTL formulae, and uses symbolic manipulation algorithms. SAM has been realized by translating (networks of) LTSs and, possibly recursive, ACTL formulae into BSP (Boolean Symbolic Programming), a programming language aiming at defining computations on boolean functions, and by using the BSP interpreter to carry out computations (i.e. verifications).
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Boppard, Germany Editor Hutter, D.; Stephan, W.; Traverso, P.; Ullmann, M.
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Series Editor Series Title Lecture Notes in Computer Science Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume 1641 Series Issue Edition
ISSN 3-540-66462-9 ISBN Medium
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ fm-trends98 Serial 51
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Author Tronci, Enrico
Title Automatic Synthesis of Controllers from Formal Specifications Type Conference Article
Year (up) 1998 Publication Proc of 2nd IEEE International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods (ICFEM) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 134-143
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Abstract Many safety critical reactive systems are indeed embedded control systems. Usually a control system can be partitioned into two main subsystems: a controller and a plant. Roughly speaking: the controller observes the state of the plant and sends commands (stimulus) to the plant to achieve predefined goals. We show that when the plant can be modeled as a deterministic finite state system (FSS) it is possible to effectively use formal methods to automatically synthesize the program implementing the controller from the plant model and the given formal specifications for the closed loop system (plant+controller). This guarantees that the controller program is correct by construction. To the best of our knowledge there is no previously published effective algorithm to extract executable code for the controller from closed loop formal specifications. We show practical usefulness of our techniques by giving experimental results on their use to synthesize C programs implementing optimal controllers (OCs) for plants with more than 109 states.
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Publisher Place of Publication Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Editor
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ icfem98 Serial 52
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Author Bucciarelli, Antonio; Salvo, Ivano
Title Totality, Definability and Boolean Circuits Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1998 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume 1443 Issue Pages 808-819
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Abstract In the type frame originating from the flat domain of boolean values, we single out elements which are hereditarily total. We show that these elements can be defined, up to total equivalence, by sequential programs. The elements of an equivalence class of the totality equivalence relation (totality class) can be seen as different algorithms for computing a given set-theoretic boolean function. We show that the bottom element of a totality class, which is sequential, corresponds to the most eager algorithm, and the top to the laziest one. Finally we suggest a link between size of totality classes and a well known measure of complexity of boolean functions, namely their sensitivity.
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ bucciarelli-salvo:98 Serial 70
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Author Tronci, Enrico
Title Automatic Synthesis of Control Software for an Industrial Automation Control System Type Conference Article
Year (up) 1999 Publication Proc.of: 14th IEEE International Conference on: Automated Software Engineering (ASE) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 247-250
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Abstract We present a case study on automatic synthesis of control software from formal specifications for an industrial automation control system. Our aim is to compare the effectiveness (i.e. design effort and controller quality) of automatic controller synthesis from closed loop formal specifications with that of manual controller design, followed by automatic verification. Our experimental results show that for industrial automation control systems, automatic synthesis is a viable and profitable (especially as far as design effort is concerned) alternative to manual design, followed by automatic verification.
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Publisher Place of Publication Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA Editor
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ ase99 Serial 49
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Author Tronci, Enrico
Title Formally Modeling a Metal Processing Plant and its Closed Loop Specifications Type Conference Article
Year (up) 1999 Publication 4th IEEE International Symposium on High-Assurance Systems Engineering (HASE) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 151
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Abstract We present a case study on automatic synthesis of control software from formal specifications for an industrial automation control system. Our aim is to compare the effectiveness (i.e. design effort and controller quality) of automatic controller synthesis from closed loop formal specifications with that of manual controller design followed by automatic verification. The system to be controlled (plant) models a metal processing facility near Karlsruhe. We succeeded in automatically generating C code implementing a (correct by construction) embedded controller for such a plant from closed loop formal specifications. Our experimental results show that for industrial automation control systems automatic synthesis is a viable and profitable (especially as far as design effort is concerned) alternative to manual design followed by automatic verification.
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Publisher IEEE Computer Society Place of Publication Washington, D.C, USA Editor
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ hase99 Serial 50
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Author Bucciarelli, Antonio; de Lorenzis, Silvia; Piperno, Adolfo; Salvo, Ivano
Title Some Computational Properties of Intersection Types (Extended Abstract) Type Journal Article
Year (up) 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 109-118
Keywords lambda calculusCurry types, intersection types, lambda-definability, lambda-terms, strong normalization
Abstract This paper presents a new method for comparing computation-properties of λ-terms typeable with intersection types with respect to terms typeable with Curry types. In particular, strong normalization and λ-definability are investigated. A translation is introduced from intersection typing derivations to Curry typeable terms; the main feature of the proposed technique is that the translation is preserved by β-reduction. This allows to simulate a computation starting from a term typeable in the intersection discipline by means of a computation starting from a simply typeable term. Our approach naturally leads to prove strong normalization in the intersection system by means of purely syntactical techniques. In addition, the presented method enables us to give a proof of a conjecture proposed by Leivant in 1990, namely that all functions uniformly definable using intersection types are already definable using Curry types.
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ bucciarelli-delorenzis-piperno-salvo:99 Serial 71
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