DEBUGGING LOGIC-BASED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS FOR SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMS — A FRORL APPROACH

Abstract

Safety-critical systems are not only difficult to build, but also difficult to debug because they often have strict timing constraints and non-deterministic behavior. A correct and precise specification reduces the effort spent in testing and debugging the implemented system. This paper presents techniques of specification debugging and issues related to it. We introduce an approach to the debugging of a specification in FRORL (Frame and Rule Oriented Requirements Language), which supports non-determinism and non-monotonicity in a system. The approach aids the user in detecting and correcting the possible faults which can arise not only when writing the specification, but also after the verification of the specification.