Using formal methods to guide the development of an asthma management system

This paper reports on the use of a method to encourage the use of formal verification to explore the correctness of the development of an Ambient Assisted Living system, in this case one to help people with asthma to better manage their condition. We apply the methodology by modelling in ProMeLa and using SPIN for simulation and verification. We illustrate how the method is applied and some of the insights the developing team gained in its application

Using formal methods to guide the development of an asthma management system

This paper reports on the use of a method to encourage the use of formal verification to explore the correctness of the development of an Ambient Assisted Living system, in this case one to help people with asthma to better manage their condition. We apply the methodology by modelling in ProMeLa and using SPIN for simulation and verification. We illustrate how the method is applied and some of the insights the developing team gained in its application

Design Time Methodology for the Formal Modeling and Verification of Smart Environments

Smart Environments (SmE) are intelligent and complex due to smart connectivity and interaction of heterogeneous devices achieved by complicated and sophisticated computing algorithms. Based on their domotic and industrial applications, SmE system may be critical in terms of correctness, reliability, safety, security and other such vital factors. To achieve error-free and requirement-compliant implementation of these systems, it is advisable to enforce a design process that may guarantee these factors by adopting formal models and formal verification techniques at design time. The e-Lite research group at Politecnico di Torino is developing solutions for SmE based on integration of commercially available home automation technologies with an intelligent ecosystem based on a central OSGi-based gateway, and distributed collaboration of intelligent applications, with the help of semantic web technologies and applications. The main goal of my research is to study new methodologies which are used for the modeling and verification of SmE. This goal includes the development of a formal methodology which ensures the reliable implementation of the requirements on SmE, by modeling and verifying each component (users, devices, control algorithms and environment/context) and the interaction among them, especially at various stages in design time, so that all the complexities and ambiguities can be reduced