Model Checking for Dependable Software-Intensive Systems

Abstract

Model checking is indispensable in the development of modern digital circuitry and is emerging as a valuable instrument for software verification. Model checking has uncovered errors in a variety of software-intensive systems, including spacecraft redundancy management, aircraft collision avoidance, and weapons control systems. The approach offers the potential to help ensure behavioral properties and eliminate catastrophic errors in software systems that require high levels of dependability.