Reasoning about Airport Security Regulations Using the Focal Environment

Abstract

Abstract-We present the validation of regulations intended to ensure airport security in the framework of civil aviation. In particular, we describe the proofs of correctness/completeness for two standards, one at the international level and the other at the European level, and we show how the properties of the European level refines those of the international level. These models are expressed using the Focal environment, an objectoriented specification and proof system, and the proofs described by means of a declarative-like language are processed by the automated theorem prover Zenon. We show how Zenon appears quite appropriate when dealing with abstract specifications like our case study, but also how it should be controlled to present readable proofs.

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