Abstract:This paper describes the application of the Formal Description Technique ESTEILE to the modelling and design of Operating Systems. We describe the overall scheme of a multiprogramming operating system and then we design in a top-down way the operating system, proposing its specification in ESTELLE at the same time.The use of ESTELLE allows not only the formal specification of an operating system like the one we describe, but also its simulation, and even its implementation, using development tools like the Wor… Show more
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