Better Late Than Never: Verification of Embedded Systems after Deployment

Martin Ring, Fritjof Bornebusch, Christoph Lüth, Robert Wille, Rolf Drechsler

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Abstract

This paper investigates the benefits of verifying embedded systems after deployment. We argue that one reason for the huge state spaces of contemporary embedded and cyber-physical systems is the large variety of operating contexts, which are unknown during design. Once the system is deployed, these contexts become observable, confining several variables. By this, the search space is dramatically reduced, making verification possible even on the limited resources of a deployed system. In this paper, we propose a design and verification flow which exploits this observation. We show how specifications are transferred to the deployed system and verified there. Evaluations on a number of case studies demonstrate the reduction of the search space, and we sketch how the proposed approach can be employed in practice.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages890-895
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783981926323
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 May 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2019 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 25 Mar 201929 Mar 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2019 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2019

Conference

Conference22nd Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2019
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period25/03/1929/03/19

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