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@INPROCEEDINGS{Dutle:364952,
author = {Lopez-Miguel, Ignacio D. and Adiego, Borja Fernández and
Salinas, Matias and Betz, Christine},
editor = {Dutle, Aaron and Humphrey, Laura and Titolo, Laura},
title = {{F}ormal {V}erification of {PLC}s as a {S}ervice: {A}
{CERN}-{GSI} {S}afety-{C}ritical {C}ase {S}tudy},
volume = {15682},
address = {Cham},
publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
reportid = {GSI-2026-00321},
isbn = {978-3-031-93705-7 (print)},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
pages = {227 - 235},
year = {2025},
comment = {NASA Formal Methods / Dutle, Aaron (Editor)
[https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8503-5514] ; Cham : Springer
Nature Switzerland, 2025, Chapter 13 ; ISSN:
0302-9743=1611-3349 ; ISBN:
978-3-031-93705-7=978-3-031-93706-4 ;
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-93706-4},
booktitle = {NASA Formal Methods / Dutle, Aaron
(Editor)
[https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8503-5514]
; Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland,
2025, Chapter 13 ; ISSN:
0302-9743=1611-3349 ; ISBN:
978-3-031-93705-7=978-3-031-93706-4 ;
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-93706-4},
abstract = {The increased technological complexity and demand for
software reliability require organizations to formally
design and verify their safety-critical programs to minimize
systematic failures. Formal methods are recommended by
functional safety standards (e.g., by IEC 61511 for the
process industry and by the generic IEC 61508) and play a
crucial role. Their structured approach reduces ambiguity in
system requirements, facilitating early error detection.
This paper introduces a formal verification service for PLC
(programmable logic controller) programs compliant with
functional safety standards, providing external expertise to
organizations while eliminating the need for extensive
internal training. It offers a cost-effective solution to
meet the rising demands for formal verification processes.
The approach is extended to include modeling time-dependent,
know-how-protected components, enabling formal verification
of real safety-critical applications. A case study shows the
application of PLC formal verification as a service provided
by CERN in a safety-critical installation at the GSI
particle accelerator facility.},
month = {Jun},
date = {2025-06-11},
organization = {17th International Symposium on NASA
Formal Methods-NFM, VA, Virgina (usa),
11 Jun 2025 - 13 Jun 2025},
cin = {ACO},
cid = {I:(DE-Ds200)ACO-20051214OR053},
pnm = {6G14 - GSI-MU Ion Facilities (POF4-6G14)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G14},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-Ds200)Altdaten-20200803},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)8 / PUB:(DE-HGF)7},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-93706-4_13},
url = {https://repository.gsi.de/record/364952},
}