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International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer
Published in: International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer 2/2017

15-08-2015 | ABZ 2014

Validation of the ABZ landing gear system using ProB

Authors: Lukas Ladenberger, Dominik Hansen, Harald Wiegard, Jens Bendisposto, Michael Leuschel

Published in: International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer | Issue 2/2017

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Abstract

In this article, we present our formalization of the ABZ landing gear case study in Event-B. The development was carried out using the Rodin platform and mainly used superposition refinement to structure the specification. To validate the model, we complemented proof with animation and model checking. For the latter, we used the ProB animator and model checker. Graphical representation of the model turned out to be crucial in the development and validation of the model; this was achieved using the visualization features provided by ProB and BMotion Studio. In addition, we discuss the positive and negative aspects of the Event-B language and tools which we encountered while working on the ABZ case study.
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Footnotes
1
The general valve is introduced in a later refinement step.
 
2
It is, however, slightly more efficient than checking each of these properties in isolation.
 
3
The projection is on the abstract variables gear and door; as now the gears and doors can move asynchronously.
 
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Where ProB was useful to detect deadlocks during, and in some cases also after development of the model.
 
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Metadata
Title
Validation of the ABZ landing gear system using ProB
Authors
Lukas Ladenberger
Dominik Hansen
Harald Wiegard
Jens Bendisposto
Michael Leuschel
Publication date
15-08-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1433-2779
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2787
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-015-0395-9

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