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Experience Using Formal Methods In High Energy Physics

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  • A.C. BALKE

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands)

  • J. CARTER

    (ECP Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland)

  • J. HAVEMAN

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands)

Abstract

We report our experience using the formal methodVDM++in high energy physics real-time applications.VDM++is an extension of the established formal method VDM to include object-oriented, concurrency and real-time features.VDM++is supported by the VENUS tool-set, comprising an OMT graphical editor,VDM++syntax and type checker, and aC++code generator. Formal specification meta-languages allow formal data modeling, algorithm and system behavior specification at a highly abstract level. Once an abstract design has converged it is refined towards a particular implementation, with formal validation of each step if desired. We have appliedVDM++to the design of a fast track pattern recognition algorithm; the design of a global second- level trigger system for LHC experiments; the specification of simulated physics data; and the design of a data router hardware unit for a LHC second-level trigger. We are encouraged by the application of mathematics in an engineering discipline and conclude that formal methods have the potential to make a valuable contribution to the systems development process in high energy physics.

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  • A.C. Balke & J. Carter & J. Haveman, 1995. "Experience Using Formal Methods In High Energy Physics," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 6(04), pages 469-473.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:06:y:1995:i:04:n:s0129183195000307
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183195000307
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