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Formal Development of Basic Timestamp Concurrency Control Mechanism using Event-B

by Girish Chandra, Divakar Yadav
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 123 - Number 8
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Girish Chandra, Divakar Yadav
10.5120/ijca2015905409

Girish Chandra, Divakar Yadav . Formal Development of Basic Timestamp Concurrency Control Mechanism using Event-B. International Journal of Computer Applications. 123, 8 ( August 2015), 7-11. DOI=10.5120/ijca2015905409

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2015905409,
author = { Girish Chandra, Divakar Yadav },
title = { Formal Development of Basic Timestamp Concurrency Control Mechanism using Event-B },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2015 },
volume = { 123 },
number = { 8 },
month = { August },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 7-11 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume123/number8/21977-2015905409/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2015905409 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Divakar Yadav
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%P 7-11
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Formal methods are mathematical techniques that are used to develop model of complex systems. They provide mathematical proofs for ensuring correctness of model. Through formal methods, it may possible to identify and remove errors at prior stage of development. Event-B is a formal method that is used to develop those systems that can be modeled as discrete transition systems. It rigorously describes the problem and verifies the correctness of model by discharging proof obligations. It performs the consistency checking by preserving invariants of model. In this paper, we have done formal verification of basic time stamp mechanism using Event-B. Basic time stamp is concurrency control mechanism to control concurrent execution of transactions. The main objective of timestamp is to execute transactions such that their execution is equivalent to serial execution in time stamp order.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Formal Methods Formal Specifications Event-B Database Transaction Basic Timestamp Mechanism.