Formal Specification of Railway Control Systems

Train control systems must provide a high level of safety as they are a very important component and responsible for the safe operation of a train. To meet safety and reliability requirements, formal techniques must be used to specify train control systems. In this paper, we uses CSP, Object-Z and Clock to specify the Railway Control System concerning both the linear track and crossing area, especially the time delay between any two aspects of the railway system.

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