Requirements analysis of a quad-redundant flight control system

John Backes; Darren Cofer; Steven Miller; Michael W. Whalen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17524-9_7

Requirements analysis of a quad-redundant flight control system

John Backes, Darren Cofer, Steven Miller, Michael W. Whalen

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In this paper we detail our effort to formalize and prove requirements for the Quad-redundant Flight Control System (QFCS) within NASA’s Transport Class Model (TCM). We use a compositional approach with assume-guarantee contracts that correspond to the requirements for software components embedded in an AADL system architecture model. This approach is designed to exploit the verification effort and artifacts that are already part of typical software verification processes in the avionics domain. Our approach is supported by an AADL annex that allows specification of contracts along with a tool, called AGREE, for performing compositional verification. The goal of this paper is to show the benefits of a compositional verification approach applied to a realistic avionics system and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the AGREE tool in performing this analysis.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	NASA Formal Methods - 7th International Symposium, NFM 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Klaus Havelund, Gerard Holzmann, Rajeev Joshi
Publisher	Springer- Verlag
Pages	82-96
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783319175232
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17524-9_7
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Event	7th International Symposium on NASA Formal Methods, NFM 2015 - Pasadena, United States Duration: Apr 27 2015 → Apr 29 2015

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	9058
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	7th International Symposium on NASA Formal Methods, NFM 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pasadena
Period	4/27/15 → 4/29/15

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Backes, J., Cofer, D., Miller, S., & Whalen, M. W. (2015). Requirements analysis of a quad-redundant flight control system. In K. Havelund, G. Holzmann, & R. Joshi (Eds.), NASA Formal Methods - 7th International Symposium, NFM 2015, Proceedings (pp. 82-96). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9058). Springer- Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17524-9_7

Requirements analysis of a quad-redundant flight control system. / Backes, John; Cofer, Darren; Miller, Steven et al.
NASA Formal Methods - 7th International Symposium, NFM 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Klaus Havelund; Gerard Holzmann; Rajeev Joshi. Springer- Verlag, 2015. p. 82-96 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 9058).

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Backes, J, Cofer, D, Miller, S & Whalen, MW 2015, Requirements analysis of a quad-redundant flight control system. in K Havelund, G Holzmann & R Joshi (eds), NASA Formal Methods - 7th International Symposium, NFM 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 9058, Springer- Verlag, pp. 82-96, 7th International Symposium on NASA Formal Methods, NFM 2015, Pasadena, United States, 4/27/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17524-9_7

Backes J, Cofer D, Miller S, Whalen MW. Requirements analysis of a quad-redundant flight control system. In Havelund K, Holzmann G, Joshi R, editors, NASA Formal Methods - 7th International Symposium, NFM 2015, Proceedings. Springer- Verlag. 2015. p. 82-96. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-17524-9_7

Backes, John ; Cofer, Darren ; Miller, Steven et al. / Requirements analysis of a quad-redundant flight control system. NASA Formal Methods - 7th International Symposium, NFM 2015, Proceedings. editor / Klaus Havelund ; Gerard Holzmann ; Rajeev Joshi. Springer- Verlag, 2015. pp. 82-96 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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