Explicit-state and symbolic model checking of nuclear I&C systems: A comparison

Igor Buzhinsky; Antti Pakonen; Valeriy Vyatkin

doi:10.1109/IECON.2017.8216942

Explicit-state and symbolic model checking of nuclear I&C systems: A comparison

Igor Buzhinsky
, Antti Pakonen
, Valeriy Vyatkin

Aalto University

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Abstract

In some fields of industrial automation, such as nuclear power plant (NPP) industry in Finland, thorough verification of systems and demonstration of their safety are mandatory. Model checking is one of the techniques to achieve a high level of reliability. The goal of this paper is practical: we explore which type of model checking - either explicit-state or symbolic - is more suitable to verify instrumentation and control (I&C) applications, represented as function block networks. Unlike previous studies, in addition to the common open-loop approach, which views the controller model alone, we consider closed-loop verification, where the plant is also modeled. In addition, we present a procedure to translate block networks to the language of the SPIN explicit-state model checker.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Subtitle of host publication	IECON 2017
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	5439-5446
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-1127-2, 978-1-5386-1126-5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-1128-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2017.8216942
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2017
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2017 - Beijing, China Duration: 29 Oct 2017 → 1 Nov 2017 Conference number: 43

Conference

Conference	43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2017
Abbreviated title	IECON 2017
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	29/10/17 → 1/11/17

Funding

This work was financially supported by the SAUNA project (funded by the Finnish Nuclear Waste Management Fund VYR as a part of research program SAFIR2018) and by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, project RFMEFI58716X0032.

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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Buzhinsky, I, Pakonen, A & Vyatkin, V 2017, Explicit-state and symbolic model checking of nuclear I&C systems: A comparison. in Proceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society: IECON 2017. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 5439-5446, 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2017, Beijing, China, 29/10/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2017.8216942

Explicit-state and symbolic model checking of nuclear I&C systems: A comparison. / Buzhinsky, Igor; Pakonen, Antti; Vyatkin, Valeriy.
Proceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society: IECON 2017. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2017. p. 5439-5446.

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Explicit-state and symbolic model checking of nuclear I&C systems: A comparison

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