IBP-Masi
1995/07:
Rapport de Recherche Masi /
Masi research reports
21 pages - Février/February 1995 -
Document en anglais.
PostScript : Ko /Kb
Titre / Title: A Petri Net Model for Verifying Properties of VHDL Programs
Abstract : This paper proposes a Petri Net model as a formal model of a VHDL description. logical properties (resp. temporal logic properties) can be checked on symbolic reachability set of states (resp. symbolic transition system) derived from this Petri Net. The translation principles of a VHDL program into Petri Net are given. The behavior of the net is explained and its equivalence with VHDL descriptions is established by analyzing the structure of its reachability graph. Symbolic representation of states of the Petri Net allows the construction of symbolic transition system or symbolic set of reachable states. The reachability graph can be reduced when particularities of VHDL behaviors are taken into account : the deterministic nature of VHDL'87 allows us to reduce the Petri Net and to constraint the general firing rules, and stabilization points can be identified, simplifying the further analysis.
Publications internes Masi 1995 / Masi research reports 1995