Systems Theory

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Balík, proděkan Uznáno

Supervisor:

Department of Computer Science

Synopsis:

Today, humankind has the ability to develop systems of incredible complexity (e.g., trains, microprocessors, airplanes, nuclear power plants). However, the costs of managing this complexity and of ensuring the correct behavior of a given system have become critical. A key technique for mastering this complexity is the usage of models that describe only those aspects of the systems that are important for the task at hand, and automated tools for analyzing those models. This subject will present theory and algorithms that form the basis for the modeling and analysis of complex systems.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Automata-based models

2. Temporal logic

3. Testing and bounded model checking

4. Bounded model checking and Boolean satisfiability

5. Unbounded model checking

6. Data structures for unbounded model checking

7. Petri nets

8. Timed automata

9. Modeling the physical environment

10. Simulation

11. Probabilistic models

Syllabus of tutorials:

Practical training of the lecture material.

Study Objective:

The student will have the ability to use and apply some of the most important formalisms for modeling complex systems. He/she will also be familiar with techniques for the automatic analysis of such models.

Study materials:

Edward A. Lee and Sanjit A. Seshia, Introduction to Embedded Systems, A Cyber-Physical Systems Approach, http://LeeSeshia.org, ISBN 978-0-557-70857-4, 2011.

Edmund M. Clarke, Orna Grumberg, and Doron A. Peled. Model Checking. MIT Press, 1999.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Branch Software Engineering, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Master Branch Web Engineering - Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Computer Security, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Design of Digital Systems, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Computer Systems and Networks, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Branch System Programming, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Branch System Programming, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Knowledge Engineering, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Branch Web and Software Engineering, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)
• Master Informatics, Version for Students who Enrolled in 2010, Presented in Czech (compulsory course in the program)