An overview of HATS: a language independent high assurance transformation system

Author

Winter, Victor L.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

222

Lastpage

229

Abstract

Transformations that are based on syntax directed rewriting systems can have a significant impact on the construction of high assurance systems. However, in order for a transformational approach to be useful to a particular problem domain, a (general) transformation system must be adapted to the notation of that particular domain. A transformation system that can be easily adapted to various domain notations has the potential of having a wide range of applicability. We discuss why transformation is attractive from a high assurance perspective, as well as some issues surrounding automated transformation within specific problem domains. We then give an overview of a language independent high assurance transformation system (HATS) that is being developed at Sandia National Laboratories

Keywords

program testing; program verification; rewriting systems; software tools; HATS; Sandia National Laboratories; high assurance transformation system; language independent transformation system; program testing; program verification; software tools; syntax directed rewriting systems; transformational approach; Decision support systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, 1999. ASSET '99. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Richardson, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0122-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASSET.1999.756772

Filename

756772