A refinement based method for developing distributed protocols

Stankaitis, P; Iliasov, A; Ait-Ameur, Y; Kobayashi, T; Ishikawa, F; Romanovsky, A

doi:10.1109/HASE.2019.00023

A refinement based method for developing distributed protocols

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Paulius Stankaitis, Dr Alexei Iliasov, Emeritus Professor Alexander Romanovsky ORCiD

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Abstract

This paper presents a methodology for modelling and verification of high-assurance distributed protocols. In thepaper we describe two main technical contributions needed for the development method: communication modelling patterns and a refinement strategy. The applicability of the proposed method is demonstrated by developing a new distributed resource allocation protocol. We also discuss the necessity of integrating other tools such as stochastic model checkers for enabling verification of wider range of protocol properties.