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Campagnano, Edoardo; Ciancamerla, Ester; Minichino, Michele; Tronci, Enrico |
| Title |
Automatic Analysis of a Safety Critical Tele Control System |
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Conference Article |
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2005 |
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24th International Conference on: Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security (SAFECOMP) |
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94-107 |
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We show how the Mur$\varphi$ model checker can be used to automatically carry out safety analysis of a quite complex hybrid system tele-controlling vehicles traffic inside a safety critical transport infrastructure such as a long bridge or a tunnel. We present the Mur$\varphi$ model we developed towards this end as well as the experimental results we obtained by running the Mur$\varphi$ verifier on our model. Our experimental results show that the approach presented here can be used to verify safety of critical dimensioning parameters (e.g. bandwidth) of the telecommunication network embedded in a safety critical system. |
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Springer |
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Fredrikstad, Norway |
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Winther, R.; Gran, B. A.; Dahll, G. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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3688 |
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3-540-29200-4 |
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Sapienza @ mari @ safecomp05 |
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32 |
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Della Penna, Giuseppe; Intrigila, Benedetto; Melatti, Igor; Tronci, Enrico; Venturini Zilli, Marisa |
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Bounded Probabilistic Model Checking with the Mur$\varphi$ Verifier |
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Conference Article |
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2004 |
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Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design, 5th International Conference, FMCAD 2004, Austin, Texas, USA, November 15-17, 2004, Proceedings |
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214-229 |
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In this paper we present an explicit verification algorithm for Probabilistic Systems defining discrete time/finite state Markov Chains. We restrict ourselves to verification of Bounded PCTL formulas (BPCTL), that is, PCTL formulas in which all Until operators are bounded, possibly with different bounds. This means that we consider only paths (system runs) of bounded length. Given a Markov Chain $\cal M$ and a BPCTL formula Φ, our algorithm checks if Φ is satisfied in $\cal M$. This allows to verify important properties, such as reliability in Discrete Time Hybrid Systems. We present an implementation of our algorithm within a suitable extension of the Mur$\varphi$ verifier. We call FHP-Mur$\varphi$ (Finite Horizon Probabilistic Mur$\varphi$) such extension of the Mur$\varphi$ verifier. We give experimental results comparing FHP-Mur$\varphi$ with (a finite horizon subset of) PRISM, a state-of-the-art symbolic model checker for Markov Chains. Our experimental results show that FHP-Mur$\varphi$ can effectively handle verification of BPCTL formulas for systems that are out of reach for PRISM, namely those involving arithmetic operations on the state variables (e.g. hybrid systems). |
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Hu, A.J.; Martin, A.K. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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3312 |
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3-540-23738-0 |
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Sapienza @ mari @ Dimtz04 |
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87 |
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Lanotte, Ruggero; Maggiolo-Schettini, Andrea; Tini, Simone; Troina, Angelo; Tronci, Enrico |
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Automatic Covert Channel Analysis of a Multilevel Secure Component |
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Conference Article |
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2004 |
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Information and Communications Security, 6th International Conference, ICICS 2004, Malaga, Spain, October 27-29, 2004, Proceedings |
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249-261 |
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The NRL Pump protocol defines a multilevel secure component whose goal is to minimize leaks of information from high level systems to lower level systems, without degrading average time performances. We define a probabilistic model for the NRL Pump and show how a probabilistic model checker (FHP-mur$\varphi$) can be used to estimate the capacity of a probabilistic covert channel in the NRL Pump. We are able to compute the probability of a security violation as a function of time for various configurations of the system parameters (e.g. buffer sizes, moving average size, etc). Because of the model complexity, our results cannot be obtained using an analytical approach and, because of the low probabilities involved, it can be hard to obtain them using a simulator. |
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Lopez, J.; Qing, S.; Okamoto, E. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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3269 |
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Sapienza @ mari @ icics04 |
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Martinelli, Marco; Tronci, Enrico; Dipoppa, Giovanni; Balducelli, Claudio |
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Electric Power System Anomaly Detection Using Neural Networks |
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Conference Article |
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2004 |
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8th International Conference on: Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES) |
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1242-1248 |
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The aim of this work is to propose an approach to monitor and protect Electric Power System by learning normal system behaviour at substations level, and raising an alarm signal when an abnormal status is detected; the problem is addressed by the use of autoassociative neural networks, reading substation measures. Experimental results show that, through the proposed approach, neural networks can be used to learn parameters underlaying system behaviour, and their output processed to detecting anomalies due to hijacking of measures, changes in the power network topology (i.e. transmission lines breaking) and unexpected power demand trend. |
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Wellington, New Zealand |
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Negoita, M.G.; Howlett, R.J.; Jain, L.C. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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3213 |
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3-540-23318-0 |
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Sapienza @ mari @ kes04 |
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Della Penna, Giuseppe; Intrigila, Benedetto; Melatti, Igor; Tronci, Enrico; Venturini Zilli, Marisa |
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Finite Horizon Analysis of Markov Chains with the Mur$\varphi$ Verifier |
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Conference Article |
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2003 |
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Correct Hardware Design and Verification Methods, 12th IFIP WG 10.5 Advanced Research Working Conference, CHARME 2003, L'Aquila, Italy, October 21-24, 2003, Proceedings |
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394-409 |
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In this paper we present an explicit disk based verification algorithm for Probabilistic Systems defining discrete time/finite state Markov Chains. Given a Markov Chain and an integer k (horizon), our algorithm checks whether the probability of reaching an error state in at most k steps is below a given threshold. We present an implementation of our algorithm within a suitable extension of the Mur$\varphi$ verifier. We call the resulting probabilistic model checker FHP-Mur$\varphi$ (Finite Horizon Probabilistic Mur$\varphi$). We present experimental results comparing FHP-Mur$\varphi$ with (a finite horizon subset of) PRISM, a state-of-the-art symbolic model checker for Markov Chains. Our experimental results show that FHP-Mur$\varphi$ can handle systems that are out of reach for PRISM, namely those involving arithmetic operations on the state variables (e.g. hybrid systems). |
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Springer |
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Geist, D.; Tronci, E. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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2860 |
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3-540-20363-X |
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Sapienza @ mari @ Dimtz03 |
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84 |
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Della Penna, Giuseppe; Intrigila, Benedetto; Melatti, Igor; Tronci, Enrico; Venturini Zilli, Marisa |
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Integrating RAM and Disk Based Verification within the Mur$\varphi$ Verifier |
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Conference Article |
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2003 |
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Correct Hardware Design and Verification Methods, 12th IFIP WG 10.5 Advanced Research Working Conference, CHARME 2003, L'Aquila, Italy, October 21-24, 2003, Proceedings |
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277-282 |
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We present a verification algorithm that can automatically switch from RAM based verification to disk based verification without discarding the work done during the RAM based verification phase. This avoids having to choose beforehand the proper verification algorithm. Our experimental results show that typically our integrated algorithm is as fast as (sometime faster than) the fastest of the two base (i.e. RAM based and disk based) verification algorithms. |
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Springer |
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Geist, D.; Tronci, E. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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2860 |
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3-540-20363-X |
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Sapienza @ mari @ DIMTZ03a |
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85 |
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Della Penna, Giuseppe; Intrigila, Benedetto; Melatti, Igor; Tronci, Enrico; Venturini Zilli, Marisa |
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Finite Horizon Analysis of Stochastic Systems with the Mur$\varphi$ Verifier |
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Conference Article |
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2003 |
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Theoretical Computer Science, 8th Italian Conference, ICTCS 2003, Bertinoro, Italy, October 13-15, 2003, Proceedings |
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58-71 |
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Many reactive systems are actually Stochastic Processes. Automatic analysis of such systems is usually very difficult thus typically one simplifies the analysis task by using simulation or by working on a simplified model (e.g. a Markov Chain). We present a Finite Horizon Probabilistic Model Checking approach which essentially can handle the same class of stochastic processes of a typical simulator. This yields easy modeling of the system to be analyzed together with formal verification capabilities. Our approach is based on a suitable disk based extension of the Mur$\varphi$ verifier. Moreover we present experimental results showing effectiveness of our approach. |
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Springer |
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Blundo, C.; Laneve, C. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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2841 |
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3-540-20216-1 |
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Sapienza @ mari @ DIMTZ03c |
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90 |
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Ciancamerla, Ester; Minichino, Michele; Serro, Stefano; Tronci, Enrico |
| Title |
Automatic Timeliness Verification of a Public Mobile Network |
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Conference Article |
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2003 |
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22nd International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security (SAFECOMP) |
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35-48 |
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This paper deals with the automatic verification of the timeliness of Public Mobile Network (PMN), consisting of Mobile Nodes (MNs) and Base Stations (BSs). We use the Mur$\varphi$ Model Checker to verify that the waiting access time of each MN, under different PMN configurations and loads, and different inter arrival times of MNs in a BS cell, is always below a preassigned threshold. Our experimental results show that Model Checking can be successfully used to generate worst case scenarios and nicely complements probabilistic methods and simulation which are typically used for performance evaluation. |
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Edinburgh, UK |
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Anderson, S.; Felici, M.; Littlewood, B. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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2788 |
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978-3-540-20126-7 |
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Sapienza @ mari @ safecomp03 |
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Della Penna, Giuseppe; Intrigila, Benedetto; Melatti, Igor; Minichino, Michele; Ciancamerla, Ester; Parisse, Andrea; Tronci, Enrico; Venturini Zilli, Marisa |
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Automatic Verification of a Turbogas Control System with the Mur$\varphi$ Verifier |
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Conference Article |
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2003 |
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Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, 6th International Workshop, HSCC 2003 Prague, Czech Republic, April 3-5, 2003, Proceedings |
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141-155 |
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Automatic analysis of Hybrid Systems poses formidable challenges both from a modeling as well as from a verification point of view. We present a case study on automatic verification of a Turbogas Control System (TCS) using an extended version of the Mur$\varphi$ verifier. TCS is the heart of ICARO, a 2MW Co-generative Electric Power Plant. For large hybrid systems, as TCS is, the modeling effort accounts for a significant part of the whole verification activity. In order to ease our modeling effort we extended the Mur$\varphi$ verifier by importing the C language long double type (finite precision real numbers) into it. We give experimental results on running our extended Mur$\varphi$ on our TCS model. For example using Mur$\varphi$ we were able to compute an admissible range of values for the variation speed of the user demand of electric power to the turbogas. |
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Maler, O.; Pnueli, A. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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2623 |
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3-540-00913-2 |
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Sapienza @ mari @ Dimmcptz03 |
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Della Penna, Giuseppe; Di Marco, Antinisca; Intrigila, Benedetto; Melatti, Igor; Pierantonio, Alfonso |
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Xere: Towards a Natural Interoperability between XML and ER Diagrams |
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Conference Article |
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2003 |
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Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering, 6th International Conference, FASE 2003, Held as Part of the Joint European Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2003, Warsaw, Poland, April 7-11, 2003, Proceedings |
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XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is becoming the standard format for documents on Internet and is widely used to exchange data. Often, the relevant information contained in XML documents needs to be also stored in legacy databases (DB) in order to integrate the new data with the pre-existing ones. In this paper, we introduce a technique for the automatic XML-DB integration, which we call Xere. In particular we present, as the first step of Xere, the mapping algorithm which allows the translation of XML Schemas into Entity-Relationship diagrams. |
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Springer |
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Pezzè, M. |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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2621 |
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3-540-00899-3 |
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Sapienza @ mari @ Ddimp03 |
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