Formal Description Techniques and Protocol Specification, Testing and Verification

FORTE/PSTV '97 addresses Formal Description Techniques (FDTs) applicable to Distributed Systems and Communication Protocols (such as Estelle, LOTOS, SDL, ASN.1, TTCN, Z, Automata, Process Algebra, Logic). The conference is a forum for presentation of the state-of-the-art in theory, application, tools and industrialization of FDTs, and provides an excellent orientation for newcomers.

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Invited talk I: network and application for new generation. Testing theory for concurrent systems. MSC and ODP. LOTOS and extension. Verification technique. Conformance testing. Invited talk II: the future information technology and its impact to the society. Real time systems. Languages and applications. Industrial usage reports. Invited talk III: distributed object consistency. Concurrent systems.