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Journal Articles International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer Year : 2022

Automated Formal Analysis of Temporal Properties of Ladder Programs

Abstract

Programmable Logic Controllers are industrial digital computers used as automation controllers in manufacturing processes. The Ladder language is a programming language used to develop software for such controllers. In this work, we consider the description of the expected behaviour of a Ladder program under the form of a timing chart, describing a scenario of execution. Our aim is to prove that the given Ladder program conforms to the expected temporal behaviour given by such a timing chart. Our approach amounts to translating the Ladder code, together with the timing chart, into a program for the Why3 environment for deductive program verification. The verification proceeds with the generation of verification conditions: mathematical formulas to be checked valid using automated theorem provers. The ultimate goal is twofold. On the one hand, by obtaining a complete proof, one verifies the conformity of the Ladder code with respect to the timing chart with a high degree of confidence. On the other hand, in the case the proof is not fully completed, one obtains a counterexample, illustrating a possible execution scenario of the Ladder code which does not conform to the timing chart.
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hal-03737869 , version 1 (25-07-2022)

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  • HAL Id : hal-03737869 , version 1

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Cláudio Belo Lourenço, Denis Cousineau, Florian Faissole, Claude Marché, David Mentré, et al.. Automated Formal Analysis of Temporal Properties of Ladder Programs. International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer, 2022. ⟨hal-03737869⟩
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