Developing provably sound type systems is a non-trivial task which, as of today, typically requires expert skills in formal methods and a considerable amount of time. Our Veritas [3] project aims at providing support for the development of soundness proofs of type systems and efficient type checker implementations from type system specifications. To this end, we investigate how to best automate...

An application developer’s primary task is to produce performant systems that meet their specifications. Formal methods techniques allow engineers to create models and implementations that have a high assurance of satisfying a specification. In this experience report, we take a model-based approach to software development that adds the assurance of formal methods to software construction while ...

Domain-specific languages (DSL) have many potential advantages in terms of software engineering ranging from increased productivity to the application of formal methods. Although they have been used in practice for decades, there has been little study of methodology or implementation tools for the DSL approach. In this paper we present our DSL approach and its application to a realistic domain:...

The development and application of formal methods is a long standing research topic within the field of computer science. One particular challenge that remains is the uptake of formal methods into industrial practices. This paper introduces a methodology for developing domain specific languages for modelling and verification to aid in the uptake of formal methods within industry. It illustrates...

A domain-specific language (DSL) is a framework which is designed to precisely meet the needs of a particular application. Domain-specific languages exist for a variety of reasons. As productivity tools, they are used to make application prototyping and development faster and more robust in the presence of evolving requirements. Furthermore, by bridging the “semantic gap” between an application...

In the early euphoria associated with the launching of new internet-based businesses, most established traditional businesses felt compelled to respond by launching web-based retail outlets of their own. Stock market response to announcements of transactional web-site launches by business-to-consumer retail outlets are examined. Results provide support for theoretical predictions of the effect ...

This paper introduces a novel approach for systematical development of CAN-based systems with guaranteed functional correctness and optimal performance. This approach relies on formal methods for faithful modeling and analysis of such systems, whilst taking into consideration the effects of critical parameters, such as bit stuffing and buffer utilization. As a proof of concept, the approach has...

In our mission to advance innovation by industrial adoption of academic results, we perform many projects with high-tech industries. Favoring formal methods, we observe a gap between industrial needs in performance modeling and the analysis capabilities of formal methods for this goal. After clarifying this gap, we highlight some relevant deficiencies for state-of-the-art quantitative analysis ...

Domain-speci c languages (DSL) have many potential advantages in terms of software engineering ranging from increased productivity to the application of formal methods. Although they have been used in practice for decades, there has been little study of methodology or implementation tools for the DSL approach. In this paper we present our DSL approach and its application to a realistic applicat...