Enhancing Models Correctness through Formal Verification: A Case Study from the Railway Domain

Davide Basile, Felicita Di Giandomenico, Stefania Gnesi

2017

Abstract

Model-based approaches are widely used for analysing systems belonging to a variety of domains, including the transportation sector. A critical issue with models is their validation, in order to justifiably put reliance on the analysis results they provide (including non functional indicators such as reliability, performance and energy consumption). Typically, cross-validation is performed, e.g. through exercising modelling by different formalisms/tools or through forms of experimental analysis. In this paper, we address validation of a case study from the railway domain via formal techniques, specifically with automata-based models. Validation of interaction aspects of Stochastic Activity Networks models of rail road switch heaters, developed for the purpose of evaluating energy consumption and reliability indicators, is performed through a tool based on contract automata, a recently introduced formalism for verifying properties of communication-based applications.

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Basile D., Di Giandomenico F. and Gnesi S. (2017). Enhancing Models Correctness through Formal Verification: A Case Study from the Railway Domain . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-210-3, pages 679-686. DOI: 10.5220/0006291106790686


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@conference{modelsward17,
author={Davide Basile and Felicita Di Giandomenico and Stefania Gnesi},
title={Enhancing Models Correctness through Formal Verification: A Case Study from the Railway Domain},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2017},
pages={679-686},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006291106790686},
isbn={978-989-758-210-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - Enhancing Models Correctness through Formal Verification: A Case Study from the Railway Domain
SN - 978-989-758-210-3
AU - Basile D.
AU - Di Giandomenico F.
AU - Gnesi S.
PY - 2017
SP - 679
EP - 686
DO - 10.5220/0006291106790686