Report Number: CSL-TR-96-710
Institution: Stanford University, Computer Systems Laboratory
Title: Executable Formal Models of Distributed Transaction Systems Based on Event Processing
Author: Kenney, John
Date: November 1996
Abstract: This dissertation presents formal models of distributed transaction processing (DTP) that are executable and testable. These models apply a new technology, Rapide, an object-oriented executable architecture description language designed for specifying and prototyping distributed, time-sensitive systems. This dissertation shows how the Rapide technology can be applied to specify, prototype, and test DTP models. In particular, this dissertation specifies a reference architecture for the X/Open DTP industry standard. The reference architecture, written in Rapide, defines architectures and behaviors of systems that comply with the X/Open standard. This dissertation also applies a technique developed previously by Gennart and Luckham for testing applications for conformance with reference architectures.
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