29 research outputs found
Visual counterexample explanation for model checking with Oeritte
Despite being one of the most reliable approaches for ensuring system
correctness, model checking requires auxiliary tools to fully avail. In this
work, we tackle the issue of its results being hard to interpret and present
Oeritte, a tool for automatic visual counterexample explanation for function
block diagrams. To learn what went wrong, the user can inspect a parse tree of
the violated LTL formula and a table view of a counterexample, where important
variables are highlighted. Then, on the function block diagram of the system
under verification, they can receive a visualization of causality relationships
between the calculated values of interest and intermediate results or inputs of
the function block diagram. Thus, Oeritte serves to decrease formal model and
specification debugging efforts along with making model checking more
utilizable for complex industrial systems.Comment: The 25th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer
Systems (ICECCS 2020
Formal Modeling of Testing Software for Cyber-Physical Automation Systems
Abstract-The paper presents a framework which uses formal models for testing control software for industrial automation systems. The formalism called Net Condition/Event Systems (NCES) is applied to model the program under test, along with the system under control (plant) and the testing environment. The benefits of using the framework include the opportunities to test systems with time delays without the need to wait, to test parameterized sets of systems with a single execution of a test suite, and to check test suites for correctness. The use of the framework is illustrated on a simple system consisting of a lab-scale plant and a control application for it