@inproceedings{20473c1f61be400fa54498e2366ce559,
title = "Schedulability analysis of distributed real-time sensor network applications using actor-based model checking",
abstract = "Programmers often use informal worst-case analysis and debugging to ensure schedules that satisfy real-time requirements. Not only can this process be tedious and error-prone, it is inherently conservative and thus likely to lead to an inefficient use of resources. We propose to use model checking to find a schedule which optimizes the use of resources while satisfying real-time requirements. Specifically, we represent a Wireless sensor and actuator network (WSAN) as a collection of actors whose behavior is specified using a C-based actor language extended with operators for real-time scheduling and delay representation. We show how the abstraction and compositionality properties of the actor model may be used to incrementally build a model of a WSAN{\textquoteright}s behavior from node-level and network models. We demonstrate the approach with a case study of a distributed real-time data acquisition system for high frequency sensing using Timed Rebeca modeling language and the Afra model checking tool.",
keywords = "Actor, Model checking, Schedulability analysis, Sensor network, Timed Rebeca",
author = "Ehsan Khamespanah and Kirill Mechitov and Marjan Sirjani and Gul Agha",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.; 23rd International Symposium on Model Checking Software, SPIN 2016 Co-located with 19th European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2016 ; Conference date: 07-04-2016 Through 08-04-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-32582-8_11",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783319325811",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "165--181",
editor = "Dragan Bo{\v s}na{\v c}ki and Anton Wijs",
booktitle = "Model Checking Software - 23rd International Symposium, SPIN 2016 Co-located with ETAPS 2016, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
}