Bisimulation conversion and verification procedure for goal-based control systems.

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Title: Bisimulation conversion and verification procedure for goal-based control systems.
Authors: Braman, Julia, Murray, Richard
Source: Formal Methods in System Design; Feb2011, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p62-95, 34p
Subject Terms: FAULT-tolerant computing, INTEGRATED circuit fault tolerance, SUPERVISORY control systems, AUTONOMOUS robots, COMMAND & control systems, HYBRID systems, ALGORITHMS, COMPUTER software, COMPUTER simulation
Abstract: Fault tolerance and safety verification of control systems are essential for the success of autonomous robotic systems. A control architecture called Mission Data System (MDS), developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, addresses these needs with a goal-based control approach. In this paper, a software algorithm for converting goal network control systems into linear hybrid systems is described. The conversion process is a bisimulation; the resulting linear hybrid system can be verified for safety in the presence of failures using existing symbolic model checkers, and thus the original goal network is verified. A moderately complex example goal network control system is converted to a linear hybrid system using the automatic conversion software that is based on the bisimulation and then is verified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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