Statecharts: A visual formalism for complex systems
Science of Computer Programming
STATEMATE: A Working Environment for the Development of Complex Reactive Systems
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
The Unified Modeling Language user guide
The Unified Modeling Language user guide
Symbolic Model Checking
Software—Practice & Experience
Validation Coverage for a Component-based SDL model of a Railway Signaling System
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
Formal Development for Railway Signaling Using Commercial Tools
FMICS '09 Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems
FMICS'10 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Formal methods for industrial critical systems
On the adoption of model checking in safety-related software industry
SAFECOMP'11 Proceedings of the 30th international conference on Computer safety, reliability, and security
Lessons learnt from the adoption of formal model-based development
NFM'12 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on NASA Formal Methods
An industrial application of formal model based development: the Metrô Rio ATP case
Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Software Engineering for Resilient Systems
Adoption of Model-Based Testing and Abstract Interpretation by a Railway Signalling Manufacturer
International Journal of Embedded and Real-Time Communication Systems
Science of Computer Programming
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This paper reports the story of the introduction of formal methods in the development process of a railway signaling manufacturer. The first difficulty for a company is due to the many different formal methods proposals around; we show how this difficulty has been addressed and how the choice of a reference formal specification notation and of the related tools has been driven by many external factors related to the specific application domain, to the company policies, to european regulations. Cooperation with University has been fundamental in this process, which is now at the stage in which internal acceptance of the chosen formalisms and tools is established.