Abstract The goal of System Level Formal Verification is to show system correctness
notwithstanding uncontrollable events (disturbances), as for example faults, variations in …

Owing to increasing design complexity and intensive reuse of components, verifying the
correctness of circuits and systems becomes a more and more important factor. In the …

The goal of System Level Formal Verification (SLFV) is to show system correctness
notwithstanding uncontrollable events (such as: faults, variation in system parameters …

Thorough verification is a part of the design process of instrumentation and control systems if
they must comply with crucial safety requirements. Model checking can be applied to the …

Instrumentation and control (I&C) systems play a vital role in the operation of safety-critical
processes. Digital programmable logic controllers (PLC) enable sophisticated control tasks …

The mathematical notations of Formal Verification Tools (FVTs) do not prevent us from
wrongly defining the behavior of systems, any more than modern CASE tools do. With …

Model checking is a powerful, formal, computer-assisted verification method that can be
used to prove that a model of a (hardware or software) system fulfills stated properties. When …

Model checking and simulation are the main techniques widely used in hardware
verification. The past years trend is to bring together these two verification techniques in …

Errors in safety-critical systems such as embedded controllers may have drastic
consequences and can even endanger human life. It is therefore crucially important to verify …

Abstract Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) are widely used in the industry for various
industrial automation tasks. Besides non-safety applications, the usage of PLCs became …