Stark: A Software Tool for the Analysis of Robustness in the unKnown Environment

Valentina Castiglioni, Michele Loreti, Simone Tini

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Abstract

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) are characterised by the interaction of various agents operating under highly changing and, sometimes, unpredictable environmental conditions. It is therefore fundamental to verify whether these systems are robust against perturbations, i.e., whether systems are able to function correctly even in perturbed circumstances. In this paper we present the Software Tool for the Analysis of Robustness in the unKnown environment (Stark), our Java tool for the specification, analysis and testing of robustness properties of CPSs. Stark includes: (i) a specification language for systems behaviour, perturbations, distances on systems behaviours, and properties of those distances; (ii) a module for the simulation of system behaviours and their perturbed versions; (iii) a module for the evaluation of distances between behaviours; (iv) a statistical model checker for formulae in the Robustness Temporal Logic (RobTL), a temporal logic for the specification and verification of properties on the evolution of distances between the behaviours of CPSs, and thus also of robustness properties.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCoordination Models and Languages
Subtitle of host publicationCOORDINATION 2023
EditorsSung-Shik Jongmans, Antónia Lopes
PublisherSpringer, Cham
Pages115-132
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783031353604
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2023
Event25th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Coordination Models and Language, COORDINATION 2023, held as part of the 18th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2023 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 19 Jun 202323 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13908 LNCS

Conference

Conference25th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Coordination Models and Language, COORDINATION 2023, held as part of the 18th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2023
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period19/06/2323/06/23

Bibliographical note

Funding Information: This work has been supported by the project “Programs in the wild: Uncertainties, adaptabiLiTy and veRificatiON” (ULTRON) of the Icelandic Research Fund (grant No. 228376-051). Publisher Copyright: © 2023, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

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