Formal Methods and Software Engineering: 9th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2007, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, November 14-15, 2007, Proceedings

by Michael Butler (Editor), Michael G. Hinchey (Editor), Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie (Editor)

Invited Talks.- A System Development Process with Event-B and the Rodin Platform.- Challenges in Software Certification.- Security and Knowledge.- Integrating Formal Methods with System Management.- Formal Engineering of XACML Access Control Policies in VDM++.- A Verification Framework for Agent Knowledge.- Embedded Systems.- From Model-Based Design to Formal Verification of Adaptive Embedded Systems.- Machine-Assisted Proof Support for Validation Beyond Simulink.- A Tool to Verify the Correct Integration of a Component in a Composite Timed System.- Testing.- Integrating Specification-Based Review and Testing for Detecting Errors in Programs.- Testing for Refinement in CSP.- Reducing Test Sequence Length Using Invertible Sequences.- Automated Analysis.- Model Checking with SAT-Based Characterization of ACTL Formulas.- Automating Refinement Checking in Probabilistic System Design.- Model Checking in Analysis of Generic Bootloader Using SPIN.- Model Checking Propositional Projection Temporal Logic Based on SPIN.- Hardware.- A Denotational Semantics for Handel-C Hardware Compilation.- Automatic Generation of Verified Concurrent Hardware.- Modeling and Verification of Master/Slave Clock Synchronization Using Hybrid Automata and Model-Checking.- Concurrency.- Efficient Symbolic Execution of Large Quantifications in a Process Algebra.- Formalizing SANE Virtual Processor in Thread Algebra.- Calculating and Composing Progress Properties in Terms of the Leads-to Relation.- Erratum.- Erratum Challenges in Software Certification.

404 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2008