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Spatial Model Checking for Smart Stations

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In this position paper, we discuss the introduction of spatial verification techniques in an application scenario from smart stations, viz. analysing the user experience with respect to the lighting conditions of station areas. This is a case study in industrial projects. We discuss three challenging use cases for the application of spatial model checking in this setting. First, we envision how to use the spatial model checker VoxLogicA, which can analyse both 2D and 3D voxel-based maps, to explore the areas that users can visit in a station area and to characterise them with respect to their illumination conditions. This is aimed at monitoring a smart station. We also ideate statistical spatio-temporal model checking of the design of energy-saving protocols, exploiting the modelling of user preferences. Finally, we discuss the idea of quantifying the impact of design changes, based on the logs of smart stations, to identify and measure the incidence of undesired events (e.g. non-illuminated platforms where a train is passing by) before and after each change.

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Supported by the POR FESR 2014–2020 projects STINGRAY (SmarT station INtelliGent RAilwaY) and SmaRIERS (Smart Railway Infrastructures: Efficiency, Reliability and Safety), and by the MIUR PRIN 2017FTXR7S project IT MaTTerS (Methods and Tools for Trustworthy Smart Systems).

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ter Beek, M.H., Ciancia, V., Latella, D., Massink, M., Spagnolo, G.O. (2021). Spatial Model Checking for Smart Stations. In: Lluch Lafuente, A., Mavridou, A. (eds) Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems. FMICS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12863. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85248-1_3

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