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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.0 20120330//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" article-type="research-article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFORMATICA</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Informatica</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">0868-4952</issn><issn pub-type="ppub">0868-4952</issn><publisher><publisher-name>VU</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">INF2207</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3233/INF-1991-2207</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Application of logical programming for the analysis of aggregative specifications</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="Author"><name><surname>Pranevitchus</surname><given-names>Henrikas</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="Author"><name><surname>Čeponytė</surname><given-names>Regina</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000"/></contrib><aff id="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000">Control Systems Department, University of Technology, 233000, Kaunas, V.Juro St. 50, Lithuania</aff></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>01</month><year>1991</year></pub-date><volume>2</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>255</fpage><lpage>277</lpage><abstract><p>The paper considers the analysis technique of the general and individual properties of aggregative specifications. The method is based on constructing a set of axioms describing both the aggregate specifications and the properties of the model under investigation. The resolution method using logical programming language PROLOG is applied in creating the axiom system. An example of aggregative specification analysis for the alternating bit protocol is presented.</p></abstract><kwd-group><label>Keywords</label><kwd>specification</kwd><kwd>aggregative approach</kwd><kwd>alternating bit protocol</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>