NDLI: Guarding the guard: Using meta formal specifications to guard assertions

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Drusinsky, D.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, 833 Dyer Road, Monterey, CA 93943, USA (Drusinsky, D.)
Abstract	The promise of formal verification of system-of-systems is in harnessing the power and accuracy of modern day computers to create trust-worthy systems. The success of formal verification techniques depends, to large degree, on the existence of a sound and complete collection of formally written requirements. To date, there is no known methodology for assuring that a collection of requirements, formal or otherwise, is complete. The use of meta-assertions suggested in this paper is a step in that direction. As their name suggests, meta-assertions are (second level) assertions about (first-level) assertions. While first-level assertions are formal, executable statements about desired or undesired system behavior, second-level (meta)-assertions are formal and executable statements about desired or undesired behavior of level-one assertions. This paper examines an example of meta-assertions and discusses their use within a run-time verification environment.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	5
File Size	6068214
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424447664
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-05-30
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	TSI Press
Subject Keyword	Formal specifications Runtime NASA Testing Government Logic Lighting control Java Computer science Formal verification
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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