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SCADE Model Checking Based on Implicit Predicate Abstraction and Property-directedReachability

ZHANG Cong1, CHEN Zhe1,2, WANG Huijie1, WEI Yiyang1   

  1. 1 College of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
    2 Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and Industrialization, Nanjing 211106, China
  • Received:2024-11-11 Revised:2025-02-12 Online:2025-12-15 Published:2025-12-09
  • About author:ZHANG Cong,born in 1999,postgra-duate.His main research interests include model checking and software safety.
    CHEN Zhe,born in 1981,professor,is a senior member of CCF(No.22234S).His main research interests include formal methods,software verification and software engineering.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62172217) and Joint Research Funds of National Natural Science Foundation of China and Civil Aviation Administration of China(U1533130).

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Abstract: SCADE is widely used in critical industries related to life safety,such as aerospace,nuclear power plants,rail transit,and medical equipment.Applying model checking to these safety critical areas can effectively ensure the safety of the system.At present,there is relatively little research on SCADE model checking.Most studies are based on program translation and use other simpler language model checking tools to complete verification.However,few tools that have implemented the entire process of model checking for SCADE programs have low verification efficiency.This paper proposes a model checking algorithm based on implicit predicate abstraction and property-directed reachability(IAPDR),which is parallelly integrated into existing model che-cking tools(PSMC) for SCADE programs.The tool implements the entire process of analysis,modeling,and model checking for SCADE programs.In addition,the correctness of the proposed algorithm is theoretically proven,and the effectiveness and performance of the expanded tool(PSMCWI) are evaluated through experiments.Compared with traditional BMC,K-Induction,and CEGAR algorithms,IAPDR has the highest verification success coverage and the lowest total verification time on the benchmarks.Compared with the native PSMC tool,PSMCWI can verify 139 more SCADE programs on the benchmarks,with a 15.1% increase in successful verification coverage and a 43% reduction in total verification time.The results of the comparative experiment with JKind show that IAPDR can correctly do model checking on SCADE programs.Compared with the method of translating SCADE models into Lustre models and using JKind to do model checking on Lustre models to achieve model checking on SCADE programs,PSMCWI has higher efficiency.

Key words: SCADE, Model checking, States space, Predicate abstraction, Property-directed reachability, Interpolation

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