Industrial Applications of Model Checking

  • Authors:
  • Alessandro Cimatti

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • MOVEP '00 Proceedings of the 4th Summer School on Modeling and Verification of Parallel Processes
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Formal methods have a great potential of application in the development of industrial critical systems. In certain application fields, formal methods are even becoming part of standards. Among formal methods, Model Checking is proving particularly effective, especially thanks to its ability to automatically analyze complex designs and to produce counterexamples. However, the application of formal methods in the industrial development practice is by no means trivial. Formal methods can be costly, slow down the development, and require training andc hanges to the development cycle. In this paper, the application of Model Checking techniques in the development of industrial critical systems is discussed, by focusing on two projects where Model Checking has been successfully applied under different conditions.