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Formal Methods @ Runtime

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Heuristics, simulation, artificial intelligence techniques and combinations thereof have all been employed in the attempt to make computer systems adaptive, context-aware, reconfigurable and self-managing. This paper complements such efforts by exploring the possibility to achieve runtime adaptiveness using mathematically-based techniques from the area of formal methods. It is argued that formal methods @ runtime represents a feasible approach, and promising preliminary results are summarised to support this viewpoint. The survey of existing approaches to employing formal methods at runtime is accompanied by a discussion of their challenges and of the future research required to overcome them.

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    Radu Calinescu

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Calinescu, R., Kikuchi, S. (2011). Formal Methods @ Runtime. In: Calinescu, R., Jackson, E. (eds) Foundations of Computer Software. Modeling, Development, and Verification of Adaptive Systems. Monterey Workshop 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6662. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21292-5_7

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