Practically Applicable Formal Methods
SOFSEM '10 Proceedings of the 36th Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science
Verification of PLC properties based on formal semantics in Coq
SEFM'11 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Software engineering and formal methods
A safety-focused verification using software fault trees
Future Generation Computer Systems
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Formal verification of Function Block Diagram (FBD) based software is an essential task when replacing traditional relay-based analog system with PLC-based software in nuclear reactor protection system (RPS). FBD programs are developed manually and revised frequently in process of development. There are a set of properties to be verified formally, which all FBD releases should satisfy. Whenever FBDs are modified, there is also a need to verify behavioral equivalence of subsequently modified FBDs. This paper proposes a software verification framework for FBD software in nuclear power plants. It uses SMV model checker for verifying whether an FBD meets its required properties, and VIS verification system for checking behavioral equivalence between modified FBDs. A case study, conducted using a nuclear power plant shutdown system being developed in Korea, demonstrated that the proposed verification framework is effective and useful.