QuanSafe: A DTBN-Based Framework of Quantitative Safety Analysis for AADL Models

Yiwei Zhu, Jing Liu*, Haiying Sun, Wei Yin*, Jiexiang Kang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The safety of modern safety-critical systems is increasingly receiving attention. AADL, as an effective modeling language, is widely used for architectural modeling of embedded safety-critical systems. Currently, the main challenges facing the safety analysis of AADL models are the system’s dynamic behavior, state space explosion, rare event prediction, and the lack of explanation of unsatisfied specifications. To address these issues, we propose QuanSafe, a discrete-time Bayesian network (DTBN)-based framework of quantitative safety analysis for AADL models. The dynamic behaviors and temporal features of AADL models can be described entirely using DTBN. Moreover, DTBN can effectively avoid state space explosion and poor performance when dealing with rare events. At the same time, DTBN has the ability of diagnostic analyses, which helps improve the system. QuanSafe provides a complete algorithm to transform AADL models into DTBN models. In addition, it supports multiple automated safety analysis methods with improved metrics. We conduct a case study on the Aircraft System. The experimental results show that our approach has higher efficiency and more comprehensive analysis capabilities than existing research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEngineering of Complex Computer Systems - 28th International Conference, ICECCS 2024, Proceedings
EditorsGuangdong Bai, Fuyuki Ishikawa, Yamine Ait-Ameur, George A. Papadopoulos
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages201-222
Number of pages22
ISBN (Print)9783031664557
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event28th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 2024 - Limassol, Cyprus
Duration: 19 Jun 202421 Jun 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14784 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference28th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 2024
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityLimassol
Period19/06/2421/06/24

Keywords

  • AADL
  • Discrete-time Bayesian Network
  • Model-based Safety Analysis
  • Safety Analysis

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