Formal verification of the synchronous pilot flying example. Nasa langley formal methods research program the nasa langleys formal methods research program of the nasa langley safetycritical avionics systems branch develops formal methods technology for the development of missioncritical and safetycritical digital systems of interest to nasa. Use of formal methods at amazon web services chris newcombe, tim rath, fan zhang, bogdan munteanu, marc brooker, michael deardeuff 29th september, 2014 since 2011, engineers at amazon web services aws have been using formal specification and model checking to help solve difficult design problems in critical systems. The objective of the deep space one ds1 mission was to test 12 advanced. Klaus havelund, michael lowry, seungjoon park, charles pecheur, john penix, willem visser, jonathan white, formal analysis of the remote agent before and after flight, proc.
Feb 27, 2020 team costar collaborative subterranean autonomous resilient robots is a collaboration between nasas jpl, mit, caltech, kaist, ltu, and several industry partners see below. Formal verification of software programs involves proving that a program satisfies a formal specification of its behavior. The gps cr was chosen as a test case owing to its relatively. Many of these techniques are routinely applied at nasa when verifying complex ai systems such as rax. The nasa formal methods symposium is an annual event organized by the nasa formal methods nfm steering committee, comprised of researchers spanning several nasa centers. Those methods vary in the strength of the verdicts they. Prior nasa sponsored work entitled formal methods case studies for do333 7 described in detail how one might use formal methods tools to satisfy do178c objectives. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Nasa formal methods third international symposium, nfm 2011, pasadena, ca, usa, april 1820, 2011. Applications of formal methods to specification and safety.
Experiences using lightweight formal methods for requirements modeling steve easterbrook, robyn lutz, rick covington, john kelly, yoko ampo and david hamilton october 16, 1997 this technical report is a product of the national aeronautics and space administration nasa software program, an agency wide program to promote continual improvement. The nasa formal methods symposium is a forum for theoreticians and practitioners from academia, industry, and government, with the goals of identifying challenges and providing solutions to achieving assurance in mission and safetycritical systems. Johnson nasa langley researc h cen ter hampton, virginia abstract the use of computer soft w are in lifecritical applications, suc h as for civil air transp orts, demands the use of rigorous formal mathematical v eri cation pro cedures. Mar 28, 2010 thus, work in this area will likely underline the importance of some research problems from aerospace to the formal methods community, and promote new formal techniques combining the principles of artificial intelligence and control engineering. They used level 2 rigor, performing manual proofs on the vcs. Integration of formal analysis into a modelbased software. Seven myths of formal methods a paper by anthony hall that addresses 7 commonly held but incorrect beliefs about fm. The nasa formal methods symposium is a forum to foster collaboration between theoreticians and practitioners from nasa, academia, and the industry, with the goal of identifying challenges and providing solutions towards achieving assurance for such critical systems. Aug 16, 2011 the use of formal methods approaches can help to eliminate errors early in the design process. I design errors could dramatically and unexpectedly raise the failure rate of a system.
Dissenters are encouraged to put their views to the panel or individually to the authors. This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th international symposium on nasa formal methods, nfm 2019, held in houston, tx, usa, in may 2019. The focus of the symposium is on formal methods, and aims to foster collaboration between nasa researchers and engineers and the wider aerospace. Formal verification for a nextgeneration space shuttle intelligent. Formal methods case studies for do333 darren cofer and steven p. Current formal methods activities within nasaarmy, and international. We have explored formal methods on a number of nasa programs. Our group is currently comprised of researchers spanning six nasa centers.
For the first approach, we use a combination of analysis and empirical testing to. Formal methods in it theory, methods, philosophy, and languages the nasa formal methods guidebook 2 volumes. Planning and technology insertion approvals john c. Formal methods experience external to jpl static analysis custom checkers for coding standards for many languages, analysis of runtime errors, commercial industry. Experiences using lightweight formal methods for requirements. The focus of the current project is to extend that work by thoroughly exploring the issues surrounding the qualification of formal methods tools. Formal methods for spider why use formal methods in the design of safetycritical systems. It was only necessary to build enough of the formal model to test the properties in which we were interested.
Nfm 2019 is being coorganized by rice university and nasa johnson space center in houston, tx. Talking points on reducing software vulnerabilities. As mission software becomes more complex, testing it also becomes more difficult. Formal methods may be applied in a mbd process to prevent and eliminate requirements, design and code errors, and should be viewed as complementary to testing. Using formal methods to assist in the requirements. Airbus a380 avionics microsoft slamsdv one can also consider applying theorem proving technology to support testing or other traditional validation methods like path coverage. Get the latest updates on nasa missions, watch nasa tv live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Current formal methods activities within nasaarmy, and international formal methods community. In a formal manner, the probability likelihood an item e. Nasa formal methods 11th international symposium, nfm 2019. Includes development approaches, safety analyses, and testing methodologies that lead to improved safety in the software product. Introduction formal methods and testing are sometimes. This is the official website of the nasa formal methods nfm research group.
Read online formal methods for systemsoftware engineering. Integration testing with nasas uas traffic management. I to determine whether a system meets a failure rate of 10. Download formal methods for systemsoftware engineering. Manual proof is a well understood process that can be used. Specifics of application of formal methods to aerospace certification is a structuring constraint in aeronautics. Subareas of formal verification include deductive verification see above, abstract interpretation, automated theorem proving, type systems, and lightweight formal methods. This nasa technical standard specifically defines requirements for nondestructive evaluation in support of nasa std5019a, fracture control requirements for spaceflight hardware. Apr 10, 2016 nasa langley formal methods research program the nasa langleys formal methods research program of the nasa langley safetycritical avionics systems branch develops formal methods technology for the development of missioncritical and safetycritical digital systems of interest to nasa. The use of formal methods approaches can help to eliminate errors early in the design process. Once a formal specification has been produced, the specification may be used as a guide while the concrete system is developed during the design process i. Current formal methods activities within nasa army, and international formal methods community. Overview of methods 1 110615 nasa ksc, tim adams, 321.
Formal testing will help prevent bad applications from being released, but sas institute offers little guidance related to software testing. Lecture notes in computer science 6617, springer 2011, isbn 9783642203978 contents. Formal methods specification and verification guidebook for software and computer systems volume i. This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th international symposium on nasa formal methods, nfm 2016, held in minneapolis, mn, usa, in june 2016. For those unfamiliar with the topic, this paper can serve as a primer or first step in learning about a more formal, rigorous approach to software testing. The source of new problems for formal methods comes from the great diversity of aerospace systems. Issue 4 may 2012 formal verification of critical aerospace software al04103 model driven engineering at platform level. While testing shows that functional requirements are satisfied for specific input sequences and detects some errors, formal methods can be used to increase.
Although the authors generally believe that formal methods are useful in aiding the testing process, this paper is intended to provoke discussion. A survey of formal methods for intelligent swarms ntrs nasa. The philosophy of formal methods lee pike formal methods group nasa langley research center lee. Nasa ames research center, nasa goddard space flight center, nasa jet propulsion laboratory, nasa langley research center, nasa johnson space center, and nasa armstrong flight research center. Team costar with more than 60 key members aims at revolutionizing how we operate in the underground domains and subsurface voids for both terrestrial and planetary. Because software has design flaws p6, and design flaws must be handled p7, and fault avoidance methods must be used to handle design flaws p11, and formal methods are the most promising of these methods p14, software engineers should use appropriate formal methods p15. Specification was augmented with more details from the operations. We start with conventional testing as a baseline, then introduce more advanced formal methods.
Robust software engineering software model checking nasa. The topics we have addressed are the following listed by chapter. For the most part, each chapter was originally written as a separate report on a particular topic. This software verification and validation procedure provides the action steps for the tank waste information network system twins testing process. Clarke and wings article was the output of a working group, and it gave a brief introduction to the notions in formal methods, listed notable industrial applications, and recommended future directions for the formal methods community clarke and wing 1996. Formal development using formal methods as an integrated part of a toolsupported system development process. The nasa systems engineering handbook nasa 1995, p. Practitioners have also recognized that they can make searching for reusable components more effective by having formal specifications of components. Jul 22, 2019 the nasa formal methods symposium is an annual event organized by the nasa formal methods nfm steering committee, comprised of researchers spanning several nasa centers.
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