Combining static analysis and state transition graphs for verification of event-condition-action systems in the RERS 2012 and 2013 challenges

Schordan, Markus; Prantl, Adrian

doi:10.1007/s10009-014-0338-x

Combining static analysis and state transition graphs for verification of event-condition-action systems in the RERS 2012 and 2013 challenges

Journal Article · Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-014-0338-x· OSTI ID:1658682

Schordan, Markus ^[1]; Prantl, Adrian ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

In this work, we present a combination of approaches for the verification of event-condition-action (ECA) systems. The analyzed ECA systems range from structurally simple to structurally complex systems. We address the verification of reachability properties and behavioral properties. Reachability properties are represented by assertions in the program and we determine statically whether an assertion holds for all execution paths. Behavioral properties are represented as linear temporal logic formulas specifying the input/output behavior of the program. Our approach assumes a finite state space. We compare a symbolic analysis with an exhaustive state space exploration and discuss the trade-offs between the approaches in terms of the number of computed states and run-time behavior. All variants compute a state transition graph which can also be passed to an LTL verifier. The variants have a different impact on the number of computed states in the state transition graph which in turn impacts the run-time and memory consumption of subsequent phases. Finally, we evaluate the different analysis variants with the RERS benchmarks.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1658682

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--652402; 772684

Journal Information:: International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Journal Name: International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 16; ISSN 1433-2779

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (21)

The Birth of Model Checking Clarke, Edmund M. 25 Years of Model Checking https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69850-0_1	book
Configurable Software Verification: Concretizing the Convergence of Model Checking and Program Analysis Beyer, Dirk; Henzinger, Thomas A.; Théoduloz, Grégory International Conference on Computer Aided Verification https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73368-3_51	book	January 2007
Parallelizing the Spin Model Checker Holzmann, Gerard J. Model Checking Software https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31759-0_12	book	January 2012
The RERS Grey-Box Challenge 2012: Analysis of Event-Condition-Action Systems Howar, Falk; Isberner, Malte; Merten, Maik Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Technologies for Mastering Change https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34026-0_45	book	January 2012
The software model checker Blast: Applications to software engineering Beyer, Dirk; Henzinger, Thomas A.; Jhala, Ranjit International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Vol. 9, Issue 5-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-007-0044-z	journal	September 2007
Bounded model checking of software using SMT solvers instead of SAT solvers Armando, Alessandro; Mantovani, Jacopo; Platania, Lorenzo International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Vol. 11, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-008-0091-0	journal	November 2008
BDD-based software verification: Applications to event-condition-action systems Beyer, Dirk; Stahlbauer, Andreas International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Vol. 16, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-014-0334-1	journal	August 2014
Property-driven benchmark generation: synthesizing programs of realistic structure Steffen, Bernhard; Isberner, Malte; Naujokat, Stefan International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Vol. 16, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-014-0336-z	journal	August 2014
Rigorous examination of reactive systems: The RERS challenges 2012 and 2013 Howar, Falk; Isberner, Malte; Merten, Maik International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Vol. 16, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-014-0337-y	journal	August 2014
Symbolic Model Checking of Software Lerda, Flavio; Sinha, Nishant; Theobald, Michael Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 89, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1571-0661(05)80008-8	journal	September 2003
Bounded Model Checking Using Satisfiability Solving Clarke, Edmund; Biere, Armin; Raimi, Richard Formal Methods in System Design, Vol. 19, Issue 1, p. 7-34 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011276507260	journal	January 2001
Comparing LTL Semantics for Runtime Verification Bauer, A.; Leucker, M.; Schallhart, C. Journal of Logic and Computation, Vol. 20, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1093/logcom/exn075	journal	February 2009
The model checker SPIN Holzmann, G. J. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 23, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1109/32.588521	journal	May 1997
SMT-Based Bounded Model Checking for Embedded ANSI-C Software Cordeiro, Lucas; Fischer, Bernd; Marques-Silva, Joao 2009 24th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2009 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering https://doi.org/10.1109/ASE.2009.63	conference	November 2009
Multi-Core Model Checking with SPIN Holzmann, Gerard J.; Bosnacki, Dragan 2007 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium https://doi.org/10.1109/IPDPS.2007.370410	conference	March 2007
Event-Condition-Action Systems for Reconfigurable Logic Control Almeida, E. Emanuel; Luntz, Jonathan E.; Tilbury, Dawn M. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2006.880857	journal	April 2007
Software model checking Jhala, Ranjit; Majumdar, Rupak ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 41, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1145/1592434.1592438	journal	October 2009
QuickCheck: a lightweight tool for random testing of Haskell programs Claessen, Koen; Hughes, John ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Vol. 35, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1145/357766.351266	journal	September 2000
The architecture of an active database management system McCarthy, Dennis; Dayal, Umeshwar Proceedings of the 1989 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data - SIGMOD '89 https://doi.org/10.1145/67544.66946	conference	January 1989
LTL Translation Improvements in Spot Duret-Lutz, A. Fifth International Workshop on Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems (VECoS 2011), Electronic Workshops in Computing https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/VECOS2011.8	conference	September 2011
LTL translation improvements in Spot 1.0 Lutz, Alexandre Duret International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems, Vol. 5, Issue 1/2 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCCBS.2014.059594	journal	January 2014

Cited By (3)

TOOLympics 2019: An Overview of Competitions in Formal Methods Bartocci, Ezio; Beyer, Dirk; Black, Paul E. Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17502-3_1	book	January 2019
First international Competition on Runtime Verification: rules, benchmarks, tools, and final results of CRV 2014 Bartocci, Ezio; Falcone, Yliès; Bonakdarpour, Borzoo International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Vol. 21, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-017-0454-5	journal	April 2017
First international Competition on Runtime Verification: rules, benchmarks, tools, and final results of CRV 2014 Bartocci, Ezio; Falcone, Yliès; Bonakdarpour, Borzoo ETH Zurich https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000130444	text	January 2019

Similar Records

Parallel processing of graph reachability in databases

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · International Journal of Parallel Programming; (United States) · OSTI ID:7240760

A Pattern Based Algorithmic Autotuner for Graph Processing on GPUs

Conference · Fri Feb 15 23:00:00 EST 2019 · OSTI ID:1765323

Interactive state-space analysis of concurrent systems

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · IEEE Trans. Software Eng.; (United States) · OSTI ID:5090936

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
Event-Condition-Action System
Program analysis
model checking
verification

Combining static analysis and state transition graphs for verification of event-condition-action systems in the RERS 2012 and 2013 challenges

Citation Formats

References (21)

Cited By (3)

Similar Records

Related Subjects