Foundations of computer software : modeling, development, and verification of adaptive systems, 16th Monterey Workshop 2010, Redmond, WA, USA, March 31- April 2, 2010 : revised selected papers

This book presents the thoroughly refereed and revised post-workshop proceedings of the 16th Monterey Workshop, held in Redmond, WA, USA, in March/April 2010. The theme of the workshop was Foundations of Computer Software, with a special focus on Modeling, Development, and Verification of Adaptive Systems. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for inclusion in the book. The contributions show how the foundations and development techniques of computer software could be adapted even for industrial safety-critical and business-critical applications to improve dependability and robustness and to ensure information privacy and security. Front Matter....Pages - Software Verification of Autonomic Systems Developed with ASSL....Pages 1-16 Modeling Language Variability....Pages 17-32 An Approach for Effective Design Space Exploration....Pages 33-54 Migration of Legacy Software Towards Correct-by-Construction Timing Behavior....Pages 55-76 Towards IT Systems Capable of Managing Their Health....Pages 77-102 Self-reconfigurable Modular Robots and Their Symbolic Configuration Space....Pages 103-121 Formal Methods @ Runtime....Pages 122-135 Modular State Spaces for Prioritised Petri Nets....Pages 136-156 A Problem Frame-Based Approach to Evolvability: The Case of the Multi-translation....Pages 157-175 Towards a Framework for Modelling and Verification of Relay Interlocking Systems....Pages 176-192 Trust Of, In, and among Adaptive Systems....Pages 193-205 Software Certification: Is There a Case against Safety Cases?....Pages 206-227 Testing Adaptive Probabilistic Software Components in Cyber Systems....Pages 228-238 Back Matter....Pages -