BeSpaceD: Towards a Tool Framework and Methodology for the Specification and Verification of Spatial Behavior of Distributed Software Component Systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces BeSpaceD, a framework for modeling and verifying the spatial behavior of distributed software components, enabling automatic analysis of properties like collision avoidance and coverage.

Contribution

It presents a novel, intuitive modeling framework with verification capabilities for spatially distributed systems, integrating with existing tools.

Findings

Successfully modeled spatial behaviors of distributed systems

Automated verification of collision avoidance and coverage properties

Framework supports integration with other modeling tools

Abstract

In this report, we present work towards a framework for modeling and checking behavior of spatially distributed component systems. Design goals of our framework are the ability to model spatial behavior in a component oriented, simple and intuitive way, the possibility to automatically analyse and verify systems and integration possibilities with other modeling and verification tools. We present examples and the verification steps necessary to prove properties such as range coverage or the absence of collisions between components and technical details.