The specification and execution of heterogeneous synchronous reactive systems
Stephen A. Edwards · 1998
Electronic systems are becoming more complex. Using subproblem-specific languages simplifies their design, but presents the problem of connecting the parts. I propose a system description scheme for reactive systems (systems that maintain a dialog with their environment) that supports such heterogeneity. I expect to contribute the system description scheme, a mathematical framework for it, a set of efficient algorithms for simulating these systems, and a practical implementation of the scheme. My prototype compiler suggests this scheme can be made practical, and the mathematical framework is nearly complete. I expect this work to make designing complex, heterogeneous reactive systems fast and simple. 1 Introduction Electronic systems are growing more complex. Describing these with a diverse set of languages, each suited to a particular subtask, can greatly simplify designing these systems, but the problem of connecting the subtasks arises. For example, a convenient descriptionof the d...