Specification and Synthesis of Communicating Processes using an Extended Temporal Logic

Abstract

We apply an Extended Propositional Temporal Logic (EPTL) to the specification and synthesis of the synchronization part of communicating processes. To specify a process, we give an EPTL formula that describes its sequence of communications. The synthesis is done by constructing a model of the given specifications using a tableau-like satisfiability algorithm for the extended temporal logic. This model can then be interpreted as a program.