An Approach to the Design of Networked Embedded Systems

The paper presents an approach to formal specification, verification and prototyping of network applications ranging from large information systems down to small components embedded e.g. in mobile devices. Main attention focuses both on architectural and behavioral specifications of either reactive or real-time activities utilizing either structured or object-oriented approach depending on application requirements. This contribution discusses in more detail executable specifications and rapid prototyping for structured design and structural specifications and verifications for object-oriented design. The paper presents two original tools developed for that purpose: (i) Asynchronous Specification Language and (ii) Class Specification Language.