logic analysis and attack construction methods are two major approaches in verification of cryptographic protocols. however, it is almost preferable to use both of them for a complete analysis. in this paper, a generic framework for the integration of the two verification approaches is presented. using the framework we can propose analysis methods in which security properties and breach scenari...

This document is a guide that puts into practice important concepts of formal verification, focusing on model checking of systems that have a finite state representation. There are a number of tutorials and exercises that will teach you how to use UPPAAL, which is the tool we use to perform model checking of timed systems. This lab will be evaluated based on the exercises that are proposed alon...

Formal verification (FV) involves the use of logical reasoning to establish properties of a computer program (or hardware element, protocol etc.) In the purest form of FV, rigorous logical deduction is used to prove with full mathematical rigor that the program satisfies a logical specification. This is often contrasted with the traditional approach of testing on a variety of specific inputs or...

With increasing design complexity, verification becomes a more and more important aspect of the design flow. Modern circuits contain up to several million transistors. In the meantime it has been observed that verification becomes the major bottleneck, i.e. up to 80% of the overall design costs are due to verification. This is one of the reasons why recently several methods have been proposed a...

With the widespread application of robots in aerospace, medicine, automation, and other fields, their motion safety is essential for well-being humans accomplishment vital socially beneficial programs. Conventional robot hardware software designs mainly rely on experiential knowledge manual testing to ensure safety, but this fails cover all possible paths adds risks. Alternatively, formal, math...

in recent years, formal methods have been used as an important tool forperformance evaluation and verification of a wide range of systems. in the viewpoints of engineers and practitioners, however, there are still some major difficultiesin using formal methods. in this paper, we introduce a new formal modelinglanguage to fill the gaps between object-oriented programming languages (oopls)used by...

Formal Methods are mathematically-based techniques for software design and engineering, which enable the unambiguous description of reasoning about a system’s behaviour. Autonomous systems use to make decisions without human control, often embedded in robotic system, safety-critical, increasingly being introduced into everyday settings. need robust development verification methods, but formal m...