{"title":"Automata-based verification of temporal properties on running programs","authors":"D. Giannakopoulou, K. Havelund","doi":"10.1109/ASE.2001.989841","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an approach to checking a running program against Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) specifications. LTL is a widely used logic for expressing properties of programs viewed as sets of executions. Our approach consists of translating LTL formulae to finite-state automata, which are used as observers of the program behavior. The translation algorithm we propose modifies standard LTL to Buchi automata conversion techniques to generate automata that check finite program traces. The algorithm has been implemented in a tool, which has been integrated with the generic JPaX framework for runtime analysis of Java programs.","PeriodicalId":433615,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings 16th Annual International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2001)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"230","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings 16th Annual International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2001)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ASE.2001.989841","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper presents an approach to checking a running program against Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) specifications. LTL is a widely used logic for expressing properties of programs viewed as sets of executions. Our approach consists of translating LTL formulae to finite-state automata, which are used as observers of the program behavior. The translation algorithm we propose modifies standard LTL to Buchi automata conversion techniques to generate automata that check finite program traces. The algorithm has been implemented in a tool, which has been integrated with the generic JPaX framework for runtime analysis of Java programs.