Analyzing Cockpit Interfaces Using Formal Methods

John Rushby

Proceedings of FM-Elsewhere, Pisa, Italy, October 2000. Volume 43 of Elsevier Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science,

Abstract

Modern passenger aircraft are highly automated, and problems at the interface between the automation and the pilot are implicated in several accidents. I use a simple example taken from the autopilot of a widely used aircraft type to demonstrate how formal methods can be used to analyze some aspects of these interfaces, and to expose potential problems. This example serves to illustrate the wider thesis that formal methods can find application in domains outside those traditionally associated with it, provided only that the phenomena of interest can be modeled effectively in discrete mathematics.

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BibTeX Entry


@INPROCEEDINGS{Rushby00:fm-elsewhere,
	AUTHOR = {John Rushby},
	TITLE = {Analyzing Cockpit Interfaces Using Formal Methods},
	BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of {FM-Elsewhere}},
	YEAR = 2000,
	EDITOR = {H. Bowman},
	ORGANIZATION = {Elsevier},
	ADDRESS = {Pisa, Italy},
	MONTH = oct,
	VOLUME = 43,
	SERIES = {Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science},
	NOTE = {Available at \url{http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/entcs/volume43.html}}
}

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