A requirements patterns-driven approach to specify systems and check properties

  • Authors:

  • Sascha Konrad;Laura A. Campbell;Betty H. C. Cheng;Min Deng

  • Affiliations:

  • Software Engineering and Network Systems Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan;Software Engineering and Network Systems Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan;Software Engineering and Network Systems Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan;Software Engineering and Network Systems Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

  • Venue:
  • SPIN'03 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Model checking software
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We previously developed a framework, Hydra, for adding formal semantics to a collection of UML diagrams that enable the automated derivation of formal language specifications for those diagrams. Recently, we have also identified a number of requirements patterns for embedded systems that includes sample UML structural and behavioral diagrams for modeling requirements and high-level design for embedded systems. This paper describes a requirements patterns-driven approach for developing UML diagrams for embedded systems, where each pattern has a constraints section to specify safety and other invariant properties. We show how the diagrams for an industrial automotive system, via specifications generated from Hydra, can be automatically analyzed for adherence to these formally specified constraints using the SPIN model checker. We developed the MINERVA framework to support the graphical construction of UML diagrams and to visualize the results from the SPIN analysis in terms of the original UML diagrams.