Tool Support for System Specification, Development and Verification

ISBN-13: 9783211832820 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 232 str.

R. Berghammer; Y. Lakhnech; Rudolf Berghammer

Opis

The correct development of large / com plex pieces of software demands a thorough structuring of the design process. In a first phase the requirements engineering is relevant for capturing the relevant functionality and its adequate formalization in precise mathematical definitions. Prototyping can can be used as a means for checking the functional behaviour at this early stage of development. The ade quate specification resulting from the first phase is then the basis for the second phase which comprises the derivation of an implementation. This phase requires the use of formal methods and tools to verify/validate the implementation. A prerequisite for applying this approach is to have a suitable mechanical support. This volume contains the proceedings of the International Workshop Tool Support for System Specification, Development and Verification organized June 1 - 4, 1998, in Malente, Germany. This workshop is the third in a series of events devoted to this topic. The first two workshops were held in 1994 in Kiel and 1996 in Bremen, Germany. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers interested in the use and development of tools which support the use of mathematical techniques for the specification, development and verification of systems. The workshop covers the spectrum from verification tools to graphical editors and compilers. The program of the workshop included an invited lecture and 26 talks. The invited lecture was given by F.W. von Henke (University ofUlm) on Mechanized formal methods and system design."

Spis treści

Formal Methods and Tools: Introduction and Overview.- Model Elimination with Simplification and its Application to Software Verification.- Applications of the RelView System.- Lutess: A Testing Environment for Synchronous Software.- PAMELA+PVS Verification of Sequential Programs.- ASTRA: An Integrated Tool Set for Complex Systems Dependability Studies.- Formal Verification of Statemate-Statecharts.- Correct Programs without Proof? On Checker-Based Program Verification.- Synchronie Workbench.- The Term Graph Programming System HOPS.- Truth — A Verification Platform for Concurrent Systems.- Tool Integration in the UniForM-Workbench.- An Update on STeP: Deductive-Algorithmic Verification of Reactive Systems.- Towards Light-Weight Verification and Heavy-Weight Testing.- SFI: a Feature Integration Tool.- Modular Reasoning about Structured TLA Specifications.- Addresses of Contributors.