Towards a framework for certification of reliable autonomous systems

M Fisher, V Mascardi, KY Rozier, BH Schlingloff… - Autonomous Agents and …, 2021 - Springer
A computational system is called autonomous if it is able to make its own decisions, or take
its own actions, without human supervision or control. The capability and spread of such …

Formal methods in industry

MH ter Beek, R Chapman, R Cleaveland… - Formal Aspects of …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Formal methods encompass a wide choice of techniques and tools for the specification,
development, analysis, and verification of software and hardware systems. Formal methods …

Safety analysis for vehicle guidance systems with dynamic fault trees

M Ghadhab, S Junges, JP Katoen, M Kuntz… - Reliability engineering & …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper considers the design-phase safety analysis of vehicle guidance systems. The
proposed approach constructs dynamic fault trees (DFTs) to model a variety of safety …

SAT-based explicit LTLf satisfiability checking

J Li, G Pu, Y Zhang, MY Vardi, KY Rozier - Artificial Intelligence, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Linear Temporal Logic over finite traces (LTL f) was proposed in 2013 and has
attracted increasing interest around the AI community. Though the theoretic basis for LTL f …

Specification: The biggest bottleneck in formal methods and autonomy

KY Rozier - Verified Software. Theories, Tools, and Experiments …, 2016 - Springer
Advancement of AI-enhanced control in autonomous systems stands on the shoulders of
formal methods, which make possible the rigorous safety analysis autonomous systems …

MoXI: An Intermediate Language for Symbolic Model Checking

KY Rozier, R Dureja, A Irfan, C Johannsen… - … Symposium on Model …, 2024 - Springer
Three progressive challenges stand in between the popular,“push-button,” industrially
valuable technique of symbolic model checking and the level of widespread adoption …

Satisfiability checking for mission-time LTL

J Li, MY Vardi, KY Rozier - … : 31st International Conference, CAV 2019, New …, 2019 - Springer
Mission-time LTL (MLTL) is a bounded variant of MTL over naturals designed to generically
specify requirements for mission-based system operation common to aircraft, spacecraft …

R2U2: tool overview

KY Rozier, J Schumann - International Workshop on Competitions …, 2017 - ntrs.nasa.gov
R2U2 (Realizable, Responsive, Unobtrusive Unit) is an extensible framework for runtime
System HealthManagement (SHM) of cyber-physical systems. R2U2 can be run in hardware …

Smart security audit: Reinforcement learning with a deep neural network approximator

K Pozdniakov, E Alonso, V Stankovic… - … conference on cyber …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A significant challenge in modern computer security is the growing skill gap as intruder
capabilities increase, making it necessary to begin automating elements of penetration …

Symbolic model checking: a comprehensive review for critical system design

R Karmakar - Advances in Data and Information Sciences …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Model-checking is largely used in formal verification of hardware and software
systems. The advantage of model checking is producing counterexamples when properties …