Formal and virtual multi-level design space exploration

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Abstract

With the growing complexity of embedded systems, a systematic design process and tool are vital to help designers assure that their design meets specifications. The design of an embedded system evolves through multiple modeling phases, with varying levels of abstraction. A modeling toolkit should also support the various evaluations needed at each stage, in the form of simulation, formal verification, and performance evaluation. This chapter introduces our model-based engineering process with the supporting toolkit TTool, with two main design stages occurring at a different level of abstraction. A system-level design space exploration selects the architecture and partitions functions into hardware and software. The subsequent software design phase then designs and assesses the detailed functionality of the system, and evaluates the partitioning choices. We illustrate the design phases and supported evaluations with a Smart Card case study.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModel-Driven Engineering and Software Development - 5th International Conference, MODELSWARD 2017, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsBran Selic, Luis Ferreira Pires, Slimane Hammoudi
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages47-71
Number of pages25
ISBN (Print)9783319947631
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, MODELSWARD 2017 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 19 Feb 201721 Feb 2017

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume880
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, MODELSWARD 2017
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period19/02/1721/02/17

Keywords

  • Embedded systems
  • System-level design
  • Telecommunications
  • Virtual prototyping

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