An Action/State-Based Model-Checking Approach for the Analysis of Communication Protocols for Service-Oriented Applications

Beek, Maurice H. ter; Gnesi, Stefania; Mazzanti, Franco

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“…Such an actual implementation of a model-checking environment for MHML could be an extension of existing model-checking tools, like UMC [6,7,28] or MTSA [15]. UMC is an on-the-fly model checker for UCTL (UML-oriented CTL) formulae over a set of communicating UML state machines.…”

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A Logical Framework to Deal with Variability

Asirelli

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Gnesi

2010

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. We present a logical framework that is able to deal with variability in product family descriptions. The temporal logic MHML is based on the classical Hennessy-Milner logic with Until and we interpret it over Modal Transition Systems (MTSs). MTSs extend the classical notion of Labelled Transition Systems by distinguishing possible (may) and required (must) transitions: these two types of transitions are useful to describe variability in behavioural descriptions of product families. This leads to a novel deontic interpretation of the classical modal and temporal operators, which allows the expression of both constraints over the products of a family and constraints over their behaviour in a single logical framework. Finally, we sketch model-checking algorithms to verify MHML formulae as well as a way to derive correct products from a product family description.

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A Logical Framework to Deal with Variability

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Gnesi

2010

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…Some approaches share our emphasis on verification; e.g., [9,61,1]. Our approach differs because we emphasize continuous verification.…”

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A formal approach to adaptive software: continuous assurance of non-functional requirements

2012

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Abstract. Modern software systems are increasingly requested to be adaptive to changes in the environment in which they are embedded. Moreover, adaptation often needs to be performed automatically, through self-managed reactions enacted by the application at run time. Off-line, human-driven changes should be requested only if self-adaptation cannot be achieved successfully. To support this kind of autonomic behavior, software systems must be empowered by a rich run-time support that can monitor the relevant phenomena of the surrounding environment to detect changes, analyze the data collected to understand the possible consequences of changes, reason about the ability of the application to continue to provide the required service, and finally react if an adaptation is needed. This paper focuses on non-functional requirements, which constitute an essential component of the quality that modern software systems need to exhibit. Although the proposed approach is quite general, it is mainly exemplified in the paper in the context of service-oriented systems, where the quality of service (QoS) is regulated by contractual obligations between the application provider and its clients. We analyze the case where an application, exported as a service, is built as a composition of other services. Non-functional requirements-such as reliability and performance-heavily depend on the environment in which the application is embedded. Thus changes in the environment may ultimately adversely affect QoS satisfaction. We illustrate an approach and support tools that enable a holistic view of the design and run-time management of adaptive software systems. The approach is based on formal (probabilistic) models that are used at design time to reason about dependability of the application in quantitative terms. Models continue to exist at run time to enable continuous verification and detection of changes that require adaptation.

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“…[9,4]. In [9], they define a logic based on µ-ACTL, a state/event-based temporal logic similar to the one in USVF that uses a doubly labeled transition system as semantics domain.…”

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A UML-based static verification framework for security

2009

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Citation: Siveroni, I., Zisman, A. & Spanoudakis, G. (2010). A UML-based static verification framework for security. Requirements Engineering, 15(1), pp. 95-118. doi: 10.1007/s00766-009-0091-y This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Abstract Secure software engineering is a new research area that has been proposed to address security issues during the development of software systems. This new area of research advocates that security characteristics should be considered from the early stages of the software development life cycle and should not be added as another layer in the system on an ad-hoc basis after the system is built. In this paper we describe a UML-based Static Verification Framework (USVF) to support the design and verification of secure software systems in early stages of the software development life-cycle taking into consideration security and general requirements of the software system. USVF performs static verification on UML models consisting of UML class and state machine diagrams extended by an action language. We present an operational semantics of UML models, define a property specification language designed to reason about temporal and general properties of UML state machines using the semantic domains of the former, and implement the model checking process by translating models and properties into Promela, the input language of the SPIN model checker. We show that the methodology can be applied to the verification of security properties by representing the main aspects of security, namely availability, integrity and confidentiality, in the USVF property specification language. Permanent

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An Action/State-Based Model-Checking Approach for the Analysis of Communication Protocols for Service-Oriented Applications

Cited by 37 publications

References 20 publications

A Logical Framework to Deal with Variability

A Logical Framework to Deal with Variability

A formal approach to adaptive software: continuous assurance of non-functional requirements

A UML-based static verification framework for security

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