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A calculus of durations. (English) Zbl 0743.68097
Summary: The purpose of the calculus of durations is to reason about designs and requirements for time-critical systems, without explicit mention of absolute time. Its distinctive feature is reasoning about integrals of the duration of different states within any given interval. The first section introduces the running example, of leakage in a gas burner. The second section defines and axiomatizes the proposed calculus as an extension of interval temporal logic. The third section applies it to the problem described in the introduction. The fourth section briefly surveys alternative calculi.

##### MSC:
 68Q60 Specification and verification (program logics, model checking, etc.) 68N99 Theory of software 03B45 Modal logic (including the logic of norms)
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