Early Fault Detection in DSLs using SMT Solving and Automated Debugging
conference paper
In the context of Domain Specific Languages (DSLs), we study ways to detect faults early in the software development cycle. We propose techniques that validate a wide range of properties, classified into basic and advanced. Basic validation includes syntax checking, reference checking and type checking. Advanced validation concerns domain specific properties related to the semantics of the DSL. For verification, we mechanically translate the DSL instance and the advanced properties into Satisfiability Modulo Theory (SMT) problems, and solve these problems using an SMT solver. For user feedback, we extend the verification with automated debugging, which pinpoints the causes of the violated properties and traces them back to the syntactic constructs of the DSL. We illustrate this integration of techniques using an industrial case on collision prevention for medical imaging equipment.
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TNO Identifier
480755
ISSN
03029743
ISBN
9783642405600
Source title
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2013, 25 September 2013 through 27 September 2013, Madrid
Pages
182-196
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