This book is the combined proceedings of the latest IFIP Formal Description Techniques (FDTs) and Protocol Specification, Testing and Verification (PSTV) series. It addresses FDTs applicable to communication protocols and distributed systems, with special emphasis on standardised FDTs. It features state-of-the-art in theory, application, tools and industrialisation of formal description.

Inhalt
Tools and tool support. FDT-application. FDT-based system and protocol engineering. Performance modelling and analysis. Real-time and probability aspects. Verification and validation. Industrial usage reports. Extensions of FDTs and semantical foundations.