Naval Postgraduate School
Dudley Knox Library
NPS Dudley Knox Library
View Item 
  •   Calhoun Home
  • Faculty and Researchers
  • Faculty and Researchers' Publications
  • View Item
  •   Calhoun Home
  • Faculty and Researchers
  • Faculty and Researchers' Publications
  • View Item
  • How to search in Calhoun
  • My Accounts
  • Ask a Librarian
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Browse

All of CalhounCollectionsThis Collection

My Account

LoginRegister

Statistics

Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

End-to-end formal specification, validation and verification process: a case study of space flight software

Thumbnail
Download
IconArticle (855.6Kb)
Download Record
Download to EndNote/RefMan (RIS)
Download to BibTex
Author
Alves, Miriam C. Bergue
Drusinsky, Doron
Michael, James Bret
Shing, Man-Tak
Date
2013-12
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
The quality of requirements and the effectiveness of verification and validation (V&V) techniques in guaranteeing that a final system reflects its established requirements have a direct influence on the quality and dependability of the delivered system. The V&V process can be efficient from a managerial point of view, but ineffective from a technical perspective, and vice versa. This paper presents an end-to-end formal computer-aided specification, validation, and verification (SV&V) process, whose feasibility and effectiveness were evaluated against the flight software for the Brazilian Satellite Launcher. Unified modeling language (UML) statechart assertions, scenario-based validation, and runtime verification are used to formally specify and verify the system, and metrics of the ongoing process and its V&V results are collected during the application of the process. The results of the case study indicate that the process and its computer-aided environment were both technically feasible to apply and managerially effective, will likely scale well to cater to SV&V of mission-critical systems that have a larger number of behavioral requirements, and can be used for V&V in a distributed development environment.
Description
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSYST.2012.2220591
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10945/56487
Collections
  • Faculty and Researchers' Publications

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

  • Thumbnail

    A validation metrics framework for safety-critical software-intensive systems 

    Cruickshank, Kristian John. (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2009-03);
    Validation of safety-critical software requirements is a difficult and frequently misunderstood task. It answers the question of "are we building the right product?" and is essential to Software Engineering. However, ...
  • Thumbnail

    UML-based specification, validation, and log-file based verification of the Orion Pad Abort Software 

    Drusinsky, Doron (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-05-15); NPS-CS-10-007
    This paper described the first end to end application of a novel light weight formal specification, validation, and verification technique. The technique is novel is two aspects. First, it uses an intuitive, familiar, and ...
  • Thumbnail

    Applying UML-based Formal Specification, Validation, and Verification to Space Flight Control System and Defense Software 

    Alves, Miriam C. Bergue; Beylin, Konstantin; Drusinsky, Doron; Michael, James Bret; Shing, Man-Tak (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-02-01); NPS-CS-11-003
    This report presents the process and results of a formal computer-aided Specification, Validation and Verification (SV&V) of two mission and safety critical projects: the Brazilian Satellite Launcher flight software, and ...
NPS Dudley Knox LibraryDUDLEY KNOX LIBRARY
Feedback

411 Dyer Rd. Bldg. 339
Monterey, CA 93943
circdesk@nps.edu
(831) 656-2947
DSN 756-2947

    Federal Depository Library      


Start Your Research

Research Guides
Academic Writing
Ask a Librarian
Copyright at NPS
Graduate Writing Center
How to Cite
Library Liaisons
Research Tools
Thesis Processing Office

Find & Download

Databases List
Articles, Books & More
NPS Theses
NPS Faculty Publications: Calhoun
Journal Titles
Course Reserves

Use the Library

My Accounts
Request Article or Book
Borrow, Renew, Return
Tech Help
Remote Access
Workshops & Tours

For Faculty & Researchers
For International Students
For Alumni

Print, Copy, Scan, Fax
Rooms & Study Spaces
Floor Map
Computers & Software
Adapters, Lockers & More

Collections

NPS Archive: Calhoun
Restricted Resources
Special Collections & Archives
Federal Depository
Homeland Security Digital Library

About

Hours
Library Staff
About Us
Special Exhibits
Policies
Our Affiliates
Visit Us

NPS-Licensed Resources—Terms & Conditions
Copyright Notice

Naval Postgraduate School

Naval Postgraduate School
1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 93943
Driving Directions | Campus Map

This is an official U.S. Navy Website |  Please read our Privacy Policy Notice  |  FOIA |  Section 508 |  No FEAR Act |  Whistleblower Protection |  Copyright and Accessibility |  Contact Webmaster

Export search results

The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

A logged-in user can export up to 15000 items. If you're not logged in, you can export no more than 500 items.

To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.