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With the tool Exspect one can design and simulate formal specifications of distributed systems by means of a formalism based on hierarchical colored Petri nets. A graphical tool set to support the specification process has been implemented. It consists of an editor that allows for hierarchical structuring, a type checker that verifies the rules of the type system and a simulator.
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van Hee, K.M., Somers, L.J., Voorhoeve, M. (1991). The Exspect tool. In: Prehn, S., Toetenel, W.J. (eds) VDM'91 Formal Software Development Methods. VDM 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 551. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54834-3_47
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