Integrating Formal Verification and Simulation of Hybrid Systems - Rodin Multi-simulation Plug-in

Vitaly Savicks, Michael Butler, John Colley

2014

Abstract

The heterogeneous nature of hybrid systems, which consist of interleaving computational and physical domains, often represented by a hierarchy of different components, makes it difficult to use a single development tool. It is also coming into practice that an application of some formal method is required for the rigorous analysis and assurance of the safety of a developed system. This leads to an evident conclusion that a means of integrating the existing domain-specific tools and technologies with the emphasis on formal methods is required. In this work we focus on the idea of integrating formal modelling/verification with industrial-level simulation tools for different domains, as we think this can negate or minimise the limitations of the physical development in formal methods and the absence of the rigorous analysis in simulation tools. We propose an integration approach based on the co-simulation between Event-B formal method and a general class of physical simulators. Using the Functional Mock-up Interface standard we developed this idea into a Rodin Multi-Simulation tool for the Rodin platform.

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Savicks V., Butler M. and Colley J. (2014). Integrating Formal Verification and Simulation of Hybrid Systems - Rodin Multi-simulation Plug-in . In Doctoral Consortium - DCSIMULTECH, (SIMULTECH 2014) ISBN Not Available, pages 29-34


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@conference{dcsimultech14,
author={Vitaly Savicks and Michael Butler and John Colley},
title={Integrating Formal Verification and Simulation of Hybrid Systems - Rodin Multi-simulation Plug-in},
booktitle={Doctoral Consortium - DCSIMULTECH, (SIMULTECH 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={29-34},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={},
isbn={Not Available},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Doctoral Consortium - DCSIMULTECH, (SIMULTECH 2014)
TI - Integrating Formal Verification and Simulation of Hybrid Systems - Rodin Multi-simulation Plug-in
SN - Not Available
AU - Savicks V.
AU - Butler M.
AU - Colley J.
PY - 2014
SP - 29
EP - 34
DO -