Verifying Protocol Conformance Using Software Model Checking for the Model-Driven Development of Embedded Systems

To facilitate modular development, the use of state machines has been proposed to specify the protocol (i.e., the sequence of messages) that each port of a component can engage in. The protocol conformance checking problem consists of determining whether the actual behavior of a component conforms t...

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Vydané v:IEEE transactions on software engineering Ročník 39; číslo 9; s. 1307 - 13256
Hlavní autori: Moffett, Y., Dingel, J., Beaulieu, A.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: New York IEEE 01.09.2013
IEEE Computer Society
Predmet:
behavioral interface specifications
Component-based software engineering
Computer programs
Context
Design specifications
Embedded systems
formal specification and verification
Java
Mathematical models
model-driven development
Modular
Ports
Ports (Computers)
Programming languages
Protocol
Protocols
Safety
Software
Software engineering
software model checking
software modeling
State machines
Studies
Unified Modeling Language
ISSN:0098-5589, 1939-3520
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Shrnutí:To facilitate modular development, the use of state machines has been proposed to specify the protocol (i.e., the sequence of messages) that each port of a component can engage in. The protocol conformance checking problem consists of determining whether the actual behavior of a component conforms to the protocol specifications on its ports. In this paper, we consider this problem in the context of the model-driven development (MDD) of embedded systems based on UML 2, in which UML 2 state machines are used to specify component behavior. We provide a definition of conformance which slightly extends those found in the literature and reduce the conformance check to a state space exploration. We describe a tool implementing the approach using the Java PathFinder software model checker and the MDD tool IBM Rational RoseRT, discuss its application to three case studies, and show how the tool repeatedly allowed us to find unexpected conformance errors with encouraging performance. We conclude that the approach is promising for supporting the modular development of embedded components in the context of industrial applications of MDD.
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ISSN:0098-5589
1939-3520
DOI:10.1109/TSE.2013.14