Model-checking based on Fluid Petri Nets
for the temperature control system of the ICARO co-generative
plant
M. Gribaudo, A. Horváth,
A. Bobbio, E. Tronci, E.
Ciancamerla, M. Minichino
Abstract:
The modeling and analysis of hybrid systems is a recent and
challenging research area which is actually dominated by two main
lines: a functional analysis based on the description of the
system in terms of discrete state (hybrid) automata (whose goal is
to ascertain for conformity and reachability properties), and a
stochastic analysis (whose aim is to provide performance and
dependability measures). This paper investigates a unifying view
between formal methods and stochastic methods by proposing an
analysis methodology of hybrid systems based on Fluid Petri Nets
(FPN). It is shown that the same FPN model can be fed to a
functional analyser for model checking as well as to a stochastic
analyser for performance evaluation. We illustrate our approach
and show its usefulness by applying it to a ``real world'' hybrid
system: the temperature control system of a co-generative
plant.
Postscript
András Horváth, 2008-06-25