Contract-Based Verification of Simulink Models

  • Pontus Boström
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6991)

Abstract

This paper presents an approach to compositional contract-based verification of Simulink models. The verification approach uses Synchronous Data Flow (SDF) graphs as a formalism to obtain sequential program statements that can then be analysed using traditional refinement-based verification techniques. Automatic generation of the proof obligations needed for verification of correctness with respect to contracts, as well as automatic proofs are also discussed.

Keywords

Sequential Program Block Memory Proof Obligation Predicate Transformer Synchronous Data 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Pontus Boström
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  1. 1.Department of Information TechnologiesÅbo Akademi UniversityTurkuFinland

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