A crucial aspect of physical human-robot collaboration (HRC) is to maintain a safe common
workspace for human operator. However, close proximity between human-robot and …

Automatic generation of formal specifications from requirement reduces cost and complexity
of formal models creation. Thus, the generated formal model brings the possibility to carry …

We introduce bounded satisfiability checking, a verification technique that extends bounded
model checking by allowing also the analysis of a descriptive model, consisting of temporal …

Computer science and software engineering are young, maturing disciplines. As with other
mathematically based disciplines, such as the natural sciences, economics, and …

The design of distributed applications in a CORBA-based environment can be carried out by
means of an incremental approach, which starts from the specification and leads to the high …

Formal verification and validation activities from the early development phases can foster
system consistency, correctness, and integrity, but they are often hard to carry out as most …

We advocate the need for automated support to System Requirement Analysis in the
development of time-and safety-critical computer-based systems. To this end we pursue an …

Model checking techniques have traditionally dealt with temporal logic languages and
automata interpreted over ω-words, ie, infinite in the future but finite in the past. However …

UML is a well-known and widely used design notation: it offers a rich set of modeling
elements, but their behavior is often not properly defined. Many proposals have tried to …

Formal methods have been" preached" as a means to achieve better reliability and other
qualities in software and systems for half a century. Despite many success stories confirmed …