Abstract
A general-purpose method to mechanically transform system requirements into a provably equivalent model has yet to appear. Such a method represents a necessary step toward high-dependability system engineering for numerous possible application domains, including sensor networks and autonomous systems. Currently available tools and methods that start with a formal model of a system and mechanically produce a provably equivalent implementation are valuable but not sufficient. The "gap" unfilled by such tools and methods is that their formal models cannot be proven to be equivalent to the system requirements as originated by the customer. For the classes of systems whose behavior can be described as a finite (but significant) set of scenarios, we offer a method for mechanically transforming requirements (expressed in restricted natural language, or in other appropriate graphical notations) into a provably equivalent formal model that can be used as the basis for code generation and other transformations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 445-451 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 24th IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2005 - Phoenix, AZ, United States Duration: 7 Apr 2005 → 9 Apr 2005 |
Conference
| Conference | 24th IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2005 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Phoenix, AZ |
| Period | 7/04/05 → 9/04/05 |
Keywords
- Automatic code generation
- Formal methods
- Sensor networks
- Validation
- Verification