The CAOS framework for Scala: Computer-aided design of SOS

IF 1.5 4区计算机科学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Science of Computer Programming Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI:10.1016/j.scico.2024.103222

José Proença , Luc Edixhoven

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Abstract

We present

: a programming framework for computer-aided design of structural operational semantics for formal models. This framework includes a set of Scala libraries and a workflow to produce visual and interactive diagrams that animate and provide insights over the structure and the semantics of a given abstract model with operational rules.

follows an approach where theoretical foundations and a practical tool are built together, as an alternative to foundations-first design (“tool justifies theory”) or tool-first design (“foundations justify practice”). The advantage of

is that the tool-under-development can immediately be used to automatically run numerous and sizeable examples in order to identify subtle mistakes, unexpected outcomes, and unforeseen limitations in the foundations-under-development, as early as possible.

More concretely,

supports the quick creation of interactive websites that help the end-users better understand a new language, structure, or analysis. End-users can be research colleagues trying to understand a companion paper or students learning about a new simple language or operational semantics. We include a list of open-source projects with a web frontend supported by

that are used both in research and teaching contexts.

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用于 Scala 的 CAOS 框架：SOS 的计算机辅助设计

我们介绍的是：一个用于计算机辅助设计形式模型结构运算语义的编程框架。该框架包括一套 Scala 库和一个工作流程，用于生成可视化交互式图表，使给定的具有操作规则的抽象模型的结构和语义生动活泼，并提供深入见解。这样做的好处是，开发中的工具可以立即用于自动运行大量的大型示例，以便尽早发现开发中的基础中的微妙错误、意外结果和不可预见的局限性。最终用户可以是试图理解论文的研究同事，也可以是学习新的简单语言或操作语义的学生。我们列出了在研究和教学中使用的具有网络前端支持的开源项目。

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Science of Computer Programming 工程技术-计算机：软件工程

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3.80

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审稿时长

67 days

期刊介绍： Science of Computer Programming is dedicated to the distribution of research results in the areas of software systems development, use and maintenance, including the software aspects of hardware design. The journal has a wide scope ranging from the many facets of methodological foundations to the details of technical issues andthe aspects of industrial practice. The subjects of interest to SCP cover the entire spectrum of methods for the entire life cycle of software systems, including • Requirements, specification, design, validation, verification, coding, testing, maintenance, metrics and renovation of software; • Design, implementation and evaluation of programming languages; • Programming environments, development tools, visualisation and animation; • Management of the development process; • Human factors in software, software for social interaction, software for social computing; • Cyber physical systems, and software for the interaction between the physical and the machine; • Software aspects of infrastructure services, system administration, and network management.