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Integrating Pattern-based Formal Requirements Specification in an Industrial Tool-chain
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems.
Mälardalen University.
Scania, Södertälje, Sweden.
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Embedded Systems.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4987-7669
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2016 (English)In: PROCEEDINGS 2016 IEEE 40TH ANNUAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (COMPSAC), VOL 2, 2016, Vol. 2, p. 167-173, article id 7552198Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The lack of formal system specifications is a major obstacle to the widespread adoption of formal verification techniques in industrial settings. Specification patterns represent a promising approach that can fill this gap by enabling non-expert practitioners to write formal specifications based on reusing solutions to commonly occurring problems. Despite the fact that the specification patterns have been proven suitable for specification of industrial systems, there is no engineer-friendly tool support adequate for industrial adoption. In this paper, we present a tool called SESAMM Specifier in which we integrate a subset of the specification patterns for formal requirements specification, called SPS, into an existing industrial tool-chain. The tool provides the necessary means for the formal specification of system requirements and the later validation of the formally expressed behavior.

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2016. Vol. 2, p. 167-173, article id 7552198
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Computer Systems
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-32866DOI: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2016.140ISI: 000389532200027Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84987974300ISBN: 978-1-4673-8845-0 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-32866DiVA, id: diva2:956954
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2016 IEEE 40th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2016; Atlanta; United States; 10 June 2016 through 14 June 2016; Category numberE5831; Code 123590
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VeriSpec - Structured Specification and Automated Verification for Automotive Functional SafetyAvailable from: 2016-08-31 Created: 2016-08-24 Last updated: 2018-01-03Bibliographically approved
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1. Pattern-based Specification and Formal Analysis of Embedded Systems Requirements and Behavioral Models
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Pattern-based Specification and Formal Analysis of Embedded Systems Requirements and Behavioral Models
2017 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Since the first lines of code were introduced in the automotive domain, vehicles have transitioned from being predominantly mechanical systems to software intensive systems. With the ever-increasing computational power and memory of vehicular embedded systems, a set of new, more powerful and more complex software functions are installed into vehicles to realize core functionalities. This trend impacts all phases of the system development including requirements specification, design and architecture of the system, as well as the integration and testing phases. In such settings, creating and managing different artifacts during the system development process by using traditional, human-intensive techniques becomes increasingly difficult. One problem stems from the high number and intricacy of system requirements that combine functional and possibly timing or other types of constraints. Another problem is related to the fact that industrial development relies on models, e.g. developed in Simulink, from which code may be generated, so the correctness of such models needs to be ensured. A potential way to address of the mentioned problems is by applying computer-aided specification, analysis and verification techniques already at the requirements stage, but also further at later development stages. Despite the high degree of automation, exhaustiveness and rigor of formal specification and analysis techniques, their integration with industrial practice remains a challenge.

To address this challenge, in this thesis, we develop the foundation of a framework, tailored for industrial adoption, for formal specification and analysis of system requirements specifications and behavioral system models. First, we study the expressiveness of existing pattern-based techniques for creating formal requirements specifications, on a relevant industrial case study. Next, in order to enable practitioners to create formal system specification by using pattern-based techniques, we propose a tool called SeSAMM Specifier. Further, we provide an automated Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT)-based consistency analysis approach for the formally encoded system requirements specifications. The proposed SMT-based approach is suitable for early phases of the development for debugging the specifications. For the formal analysis of behavioral models, we provide an approach for statistical model checking of Simulink models by using the UPPAAL SMC tool. To facilitate the adoption of the approach, we provide the SIMPPAAL tool that automates procedure of generating network of stochastic timed automata for a given Simulink model. For validation, we apply our approach on a complex industrial model, namely the Brake-by-Wire function from Volvo GTT.

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Mälardalen University Press, 2017
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Mälardalen University Press Licentiate Theses, ISSN 1651-9256 ; 256
Keywords
pattern-based formal requirements specification, formal requirements consistency analysis, formal analysis of Simulink models
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Engineering and Technology Computer and Information Sciences
Research subject
Computer Science
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urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-35085 (URN)978-91-7485-319-3 (ISBN)
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2017-04-20, Gamma, Högskoleplan 1, Västerås, 13:15 (English)
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VeriSpec
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VINNOVA, 16335
Available from: 2017-03-28 Created: 2017-03-28 Last updated: 2018-01-13Bibliographically approved

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