… design methodologies with no ambiguity. In particular, this monograph identifies the essence
of complex system design using contracts … and generic notion of contract. We show that the …

… of system we can address using contracts. This section concludes with a general bibliography
on contract based design … and it is a new vista on contracts. The so-called “meta-theory” of …

… contract-based design in perspective. This paper complements [11] by further discussing
methodological aspects of system design with contracts … design step by which sub-contracts are …

… design contracts between control and embedded software engineers for building Cyber-Physical
Systems (… We show how design contracts can facilitate interaction between 2 groups: …

… drawn from complex systems theory. The Article then uses this model to demonstrate that
contract systems exhibit many key properties observed in other complex systems. The Article …

… synthesize the design at different levels of abstractions, from the level of discrete systems
to the one of hybrid systems. For each formalism, we highlight how the contract operators can …

… a defense system, but also the minimal price at which he is willing to accept the contract. …
To do that, envision a finite number of firms, -n, bidding for the contract. The DOD will accept …

… While our results apply to any design methodology and contract theory, for simplicity, we …
design and contract frameworks, namely, Platform-Based Design (PBD) [47] and A/G contracts, …

… Flexible contracts in design processes To enable flexible contracts in SoC and embedded
system design, we propose a structured estimation format for assertions and introduce set-…

… in which we compare three contract design decisions—contract type, length, and value—across
three agencies for a variety of different products. To do so, we draw data from the most …