Abstract Model refinement is a technique indispensable for modeling large and complex
systems. Many formal specification methods share this concept which usually comes …

Abstract Gurevich's Abstract State Machines (ASM) constitute a high-level specification
language for a wide range of applications. The existing tool support for ASM-currently …

For the design of complex systems, formal modelling languages such as UML or SysML find
significant attention. The typical model-driven design flow assumes thereby an initial …

Abstract State Machines (ASM) constitute a high-level specification language for a wide
range of applications. The existing tool support for ASM includes editors, type-checkers, and …

In runtime verification, operational models describing the expected system behavior offer
some advantages with respect to declarative specifications of properties, especially when …

System modelling and formal specification in combination with formal verification can
substantially contribute to the correctness and quality of the designed software/hardware …

When developing complex software systems, it is vital to ensure that the final product
satisfies all the stated requirements. Model checking can help to exhaustively check models …

Formal verification is becoming a fundamental step of safety-critical and model-based
software development. As part of the verification process, model checking is one of the …

We present an approach to model checking Abstract State Machines, in the context of a
larger project called CoreASM, which aims to provide a comprehensive and extensible tool …

In this paper we survey the area of formal verification techniques, with emphasis on model
checking due to its wide acceptance by both academia and industry. The major approaches …