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To enable verification of a complex C-program, so called compositional verification can be used where the specification for the C-program is split into a set of specifications organized such that the fact that the C-program satisfies its specification can be inferred from verifying that parts of the C-program satisfy their specifications. To support the approach in practice, specifications must be organized in parallel to a formal architecture model capturing the C-program as a hierarchical structure of components with well-defined interfaces. Previous modeling approaches lack support for formal architecture modeling of C-programs. Therefore, a general and formal approach for architecture modeling of sequential C-programs is presented, to support compositional verification, as well as to aid design and management of such C-programs in general.
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Westman, J., Nyberg, M. (2016). Formal Architecture Modeling of Sequential C-Programs. In: Braga, C., Ölveczky, P. (eds) Formal Aspects of Component Software. FACS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9539. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28934-2_17
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