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Author (up) Intrigila, Benedetto; Magazzeni, Daniele; Melatti, Igor; Tronci, Enrico
Title A Model Checking Technique for the Verification of Fuzzy Control Systems Type Conference Article
Year 2005 Publication CIMCA '05: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation and International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce Vol-1 (CIMCA-IAWTIC'06) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 536-542
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Abstract Fuzzy control is well known as a powerful technique for designing and realizing control systems. However, statistical evidence for their correct behavior may be not enough, even when it is based on a large number of samplings. In order to provide a more systematic verification process, the cell-to-cell mapping technology has been used in a number of cases as a verification tool for fuzzy control systems and, more recently, to assess their optimality and robustness. However, cell-to-cell mapping is typically limited in the number of cells it can explore. To overcome this limitation, in this paper we show how model checking techniques may be instead used to verify the correct behavior of a fuzzy control system. To this end, we use a modified version of theMurphi verifier, which ease the modeling phase by allowing to use finite precision real numbers and external C functions. In this way, also already designed simulators may be used for the verification phase. With respect to the cell mapping technique, our approach appears to be complementary; indeed, it explores a much larger number of states, at the cost of being less informative on the global dynamic of the system.
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Publisher IEEE Computer Society Place of Publication Washington, DC, USA Editor
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ Immt05 Serial 75
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Author (up) Intrigila, Benedetto; Melatti, Igor; Tofani, Alberto; Macchiarelli, Guido
Title Computational models of myocardial endomysial collagen arrangement Type Journal Article
Year 2007 Publication Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Abbreviated Journal
Volume 86 Issue 3 Pages 232-244
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Abstract Collagen extracellular matrix is one of the factors related to high passive stiffness of cardiac muscle. However, the architecture and the mechanical aspects of the cardiac collagen matrix are not completely known. In particular, endomysial collagen contribution to the passive mechanics of cardiac muscle as well as its micro anatomical arrangement is still a matter of debate. In order to investigate mechanical and structural properties of endomysial collagen, we consider two alternative computational models of some specific aspects of the cardiac muscle. These two models represent two different views of endomysial collagen distribution: (1) the traditional view and (2) a new view suggested by the data obtained from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in NaOH macerated samples (a method for isolating collagen from the other tissue). We model the myocardial tissue as a net of spring elements representing the cardiomyocytes together with the endomysial collagen distribution. Each element is a viscous elastic spring, characterized by an elastic and a viscous constant. We connect these springs to imitate the interconnections between collagen fibers. Then we apply to the net of springs some external forces of suitable magnitude and direction, obtaining an extension of the net itself. In our setting, the ratio forces magnitude /net extension is intended to model the stress /strain ratio of a microscopical portion of the myocardial tissue. To solve the problem of the correct identification of the values of the different parameters involved, we use an artificial neural network approach. In particular, we use this technique to learn, given a distribution of external forces, the elastic constants of the springs needed to obtain a desired extension as an equilibrium position. Our experimental findings show that, in the model of collagen distribution structured according to the new view, a given stress /strain ratio (of the net of springs, in the sense specified above) is obtained with much smaller (w.r.t. the other model, corresponding to the traditional view) elasticity constants of the springs. This seems to indicate that by an appropriate structure, a given stiffness of the myocardial tissue can be obtained with endomysial collagen fibers of much smaller size.
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Publisher Elsevier North-Holland, Inc. Place of Publication New York, NY, USA Editor
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ Imtm07 Serial 82
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Author (up) Kuijpers, Ed; Carotenuto, Luigi; Malapert, Jean-Cristophe; Markov-Vetter, Daniela; Melatti, Igor; Orlandini, Andrea; Pinchuk, Ranni
Title Collaboration on ISS Experiment Data and Knowledge Representation Type Conference Article
Year 2012 Publication Proc. of IAC 2012 Abbreviated Journal
Volume D.5.11 Issue Pages
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Author (up) Mancini, T. ; Mari, F.; Massini, A.; Melatti, I.; Salvo, I.; Tronci, E.
Title On minimising the maximum expected verification time Type Journal Article
Year 2017 Publication Information Processing Letters Abbreviated Journal
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Call Number Sapienza @ mari @ Serial 163
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Author (up) Mancini, T.; Mari, F.; Massini, A.; Melatti, I.; Salvo, I.; Sinisi, S.; Tronci, E.; Ehrig, R.; Röblitz, S.; Leeners, B.
Title Computing Personalised Treatments through In Silico Clinical Trials. A Case Study on Downregulation in Assisted Reproduction Type Conference Article
Year 2018 Publication 25th RCRA International Workshop on “Experimental Evaluation of Algorithms for Solving Problems with Combinatorial Explosion” (RCRA 2018) Abbreviated Journal
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Author (up) Mancini, T.; Mari, F.; Massini, A.; Melatti, I.; Tronci, E.
Title SyLVaaS: System Level Formal Verification as a Service Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Fundamenta Informaticae Abbreviated Journal
Volume 149 Issue 1-2 Pages 101-132
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Call Number MCLab @ davi @ DBLP:journals/fuin/ManciniMMMT16 Serial 160
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Author (up) Mancini, T.; Mari, F.; Massini, A.; Melatti, I.; Tronci, E.
Title Anytime system level verification via parallel random exhaustive hardware in the loop simulation Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Microprocessors and Microsystems Abbreviated Journal
Volume 41 Issue Pages 12-28
Keywords Model Checking of Hybrid Systems; Model checking driven simulation; Hardware in the loop simulation
Abstract Abstract System level verification of cyber-physical systems has the goal of verifying that the whole (i.e., software + hardware) system meets the given specifications. Model checkers for hybrid systems cannot handle system level verification of actual systems. Thus, Hardware In the Loop Simulation (HILS) is currently the main workhorse for system level verification. By using model checking driven exhaustive HILS, System Level Formal Verification (SLFV) can be effectively carried out for actual systems. We present a parallel random exhaustive HILS based model checker for hybrid systems that, by simulating all operational scenarios exactly once in a uniform random order, is able to provide, at any time during the verification process, an upper bound to the probability that the System Under Verification exhibits an error in a yet-to-be-simulated scenario (Omission Probability). We show effectiveness of the proposed approach by presenting experimental results on SLFV of the Inverted Pendulum on a Cart and the Fuel Control System examples in the Simulink distribution. To the best of our knowledge, no previously published model checker can exhaustively verify hybrid systems of such a size and provide at any time an upper bound to the Omission Probability.
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Call Number MCLab @ davi @ Mancini201612 Serial 155
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Author (up) Mancini, T.; Mari, F.; Massini, A.; Melatti, I.; Tronci, E.
Title On Checking Equivalence of Simulation Scripts Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 100640
Keywords Formal verification, Simulation based formal verification, Formal Verification of cyber-physical systems, System-level formal verification
Abstract To support Model Based Design of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) many simulation based approaches to System Level Formal Verification (SLFV) have been devised. Basically, these are Bounded Model Checking approaches (since simulation horizon is of course bounded) relying on simulators to compute the system dynamics and thereby verify the given system properties. The main obstacle to simulation based SLFV is the large number of simulation scenarios to be considered and thus the huge amount of simulation time needed to complete the verification task. To save on computation time, simulation based SLFV approaches exploit the capability of simulators to save and restore simulation states. Essentially, such a time saving is obtained by optimising the simulation script defining the simulation activity needed to carry out the verification task. Although such approaches aim to (bounded) formal verification, as a matter of fact, the proof of correctness of the methods to optimise simulation scripts basically relies on an intuitive semantics for simulation scripting languages. This hampers the possibility of formally showing that the optimisations introduced to speed up the simulation activity do not actually omit checking of relevant behaviours for the system under verification. The aim of this paper is to fill the above gap by presenting an operational semantics for simulation scripting languages and by proving soundness and completeness properties for it. This, in turn, enables formal proofs of equivalence between unoptimised and optimised simulation scripts.
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Call Number MCLab @ davi @ Mancini2021100640 Serial 183
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Author (up) Mancini, T.; Mari, F.; Melatti, I.; Salvo, I.; Tronci, E.
Title An Efficient Algorithm for Network Vulnerability Analysis Under Malicious Attacks Type Conference Article
Year 2018 Publication Foundations of Intelligent Systems – 24th International Symposium, ISMIS 2018, Limassol, Cyprus, October 29-31, 2018, Proceedings Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 302-312
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Call Number MCLab @ davi @ DBLP:conf/ismis/ManciniMMST18 Serial 176
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Author (up) Mancini, T.; Mari, F.; Melatti, I.; Salvo, I.; Tronci, E.; Gruber, J.; Hayes, B.; Prodanovic, M.; Elmegaard, L.
Title Parallel Statistical Model Checking for Safety Verification in Smart Grids Type Conference Article
Year 2018 Publication 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm) Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 1-6
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Call Number MCLab @ davi @ mancini-etal:2018:smartgridcomm Serial 170
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