Main description:

Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems V brings together research in three important and related fields:

• Formal methods;


• Distributed systems;


• Object-based technology.

Such a convergence is representative of recent advances in the field of distributed systems, and provides links between several scientific and technological communities. The wide scope of topics covered in this volume range in subject from UML to object-based languages and calculi and security, and in approach from specification to case studies and verification.
This volume comprises the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems (FMOODS 2002), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Enschede, The Netherlands in March 2002.

Contents:

Preface. I. Invited presentations. Software Model Checking: The Bandera approach; M. Dwyer. Verifying Authentication Protocol Implementations; S. Schneider. A Semantic Framework for Specifying and Reasoning about Composable Distributed Middelware Services; C. Talcott. II. Multiple Viewpoint Modelling. Formal Semantics for Interacting UML Subsystems; J. Jürjens. A Compositional Formalism for Object Viewpoints; E.B. Johnsen, O. Owe. Interpreting ODP Viewpoint Specification: Observations from a Case Study; C. Taylor, et al. III. Types, Service Types and Subtyping. Checking Behavioural Subtypes via Refinement; H. Wehrheim. Behavioural Suptyping and Property Preservation for Active Objects; N. Hameurlain. A Formal Service Specification for IIOP Based on ISO/IEC 14752; A. Singh, J. Billington. IV. Semantics of Object-Based Programming Languages. Mobile Objects `Must' Move Safely; S. Briais, U. Nestmann. A Theory of May Testing for Actors; P. Thati, et al. Computer-Aided Specification and Verification of Annotated Object-Oriented Programs; F. de Boer, C. Pierik. V. Verification and Validation. Formal Analysis of Suzuki & Kasami Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithm; K. Ogata, Kokichi Futatsugi. Control Flow Analysis of Mobile Ambients with Security Boundaries; C. Braghin, et al. VI. Specification and Analysis Techniques. A Feature Manager Approach to the Analysis of Component-Interactions; L. Blair, et al. Supporting Collaborative Design; Yanjie Wang, C. George. A Visual Modeling Framework for Distributed Object Computing; G. Taentzer. Author Index.