A Duration Calculus with Infinite Intervals

This paper introduces infinite intervals into the Duration Calculus [33]. The extended calculus defines a state duration over an infinite interval by a property which specifies the limit of the state duration over finite intervals, and excludes the description operator. Thus the calculus can be established without involvement of unpleasant calculation of infinity. With limits of state durations, one can treat conventional liveness and fairness, and can also measure liveness and fairness through properties of limits. Including both finite and infinite intervals, the calculus can, in a simple manner, distinguish between terminating behaviour and nonterminating behaviour, and therefore directly specify and reason about sequentiality.

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