After completing the course, the student is expected to:
understand the research questions and research methods in formal methods as they are applied to mobile communication systems
know the advantages and disadvantages of using formal methods depending on the application area be able to apply formal methods in their own specialization area
be able to simplify and formally model complex problems
have an in-depth understanding of the relation between models and reality in their own specialization area
be able to compare different formal views on their own specialization area
Innhold
Modelling and meta-modelling for describing a domain precisely: approach, tools, state of the art.
Notations, architectures and models for describing and analysing distributed communicating distributed systems, e.g. process algebras, mobile calculi, event-based vs. state-based formalisms.
Notations, architectures and models for describing and analysing languages, e.g. abstract state machines, object constraint language, MOF, grammars. This is embedded in the use of a meta-modelling environment.