Function extraction: Automated behavior computation for aerospace software verification and certification

Redge Bartholomew, Luanne Burns, Tim Daly, Rick Linger, Stacy Prowell

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Abstract

The complex aerospace systems of the future will challenge the capabilities of present-day software engineering, which is reaching cost and complexity limits of development technologies evolved in the first fifty years of computing. A new science for the next fifty years is required to transform software engineering into a computational discipline capable of fast and dependable software development. This paper describes verification and certification challenges for avionics software, in particular, the need to verify behavior in all circumstances of use. The emerging technology of function extraction (FX) for automated computation of software behavior is discussed as a new technology for avionics software certification. An FX demonstration system is employed to illustrate the role of behavior computation in the avionics certification process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCollection of Technical Papers - 2007 AIAA InfoTech at Aerospace Conference
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
Pages2145-2153
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)1563478935, 9781563478932
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2007 AIAA InfoTech at Aerospace Conference - Rohnert Park, CA, United States
Duration: May 7 2007May 10 2007

Publication series

NameCollection of Technical Papers - 2007 AIAA InfoTech at Aerospace Conference
Volume3

Conference

Conference2007 AIAA InfoTech at Aerospace Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityRohnert Park, CA
Period05/7/0705/10/07

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