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Formal Modelling and Analysis of Business Information Applications with Fault Tolerant Middleware

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Jeremy Bryans, Professor John Fitzgerald, Emeritus Professor Alexander RomanovskyORCiD

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Abstract

Distributed information systems are critical to the functioning of many businesses; designing them to be dependable is a challenging but important task. We report our experience in using formal methods to enhance processes and tools for development of business information software based on service-oriented architectures. In our work, which takes place in an industrial setting, we focus on the configuration of middleware, verifying application-level requirements in the presence of faults. In pilot studies provided by SAP, we used the Event-B formalism and the open Rodin tools platform to prove properties of models of business protocols and expose weaknesses of certain middleware configurations with respect to particular protocols. We then extended the approach to use models automatically generated from diagrammatic design tools, opening the possibility of seamless integration with current development environments. Increased automation in the verification process, through domain-specific models and theories, is a goal for future work.


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Author(s): Bryans J, Fitzgerald JS, Romanovsky A, Roth A

Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

Publication status: Published

Conference Name: 14th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems

Year of Conference: 2009

Pages: 68-77

Date deposited: 24/05/2010

Publisher: IEEE

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICECCS.2009.29

DOI: 10.1109/ICECCS.2009.29

Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item

ISBN: 9780769537023


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