Rapid property specification and checking for model-based formalisms

Abstract

Abstract-In model-based development, verification techniques can be used to check whether an abstract model satisfies a set of properties. Ideally, implementation code generated from these models can also be verified against similar properties. However, the distance between the property specification languages and the implementation makes verifying such generated code difficult. Optimizations and renamings can blur the correspondence between the two, further increasing the difficulty of specifying verification properties on the generated code. This paper describes methods for specifying verification properties on abstract models that are then checked on implementation level code. These properties are translated by an extended code generator into implementation code and special annotations that are used by a software model checker.

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“…On the other hand, semi-formal verification techniques through the use of formalisms applied in conjunction with simulation have proved to be reasonably efficient in this respect. Several approaches have dealt with failure in device drivers by performing formal or semi-formal verification during the development phase [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”

“…1, pp. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) further challenge is revealed, since it is necessary to verify the two domains together.…”