A Control Flow based Static Analysis of GRAFCET using Abstract Interpretation

2022 IEEE 20th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), pp. 1–7

Abstract

The graphical modeling language GRAFCET is used as a formal specification language in industrial control design. This paper proposes a static analysis approach based on the control flow of GRAFCET using abstract interpretation to allow verification on specification level. GRAFCET has different elements leading to concurrent behavior, which in general results in a large state space. To get precise results and reduce the state space, we propose an analysis suitable for GRAFCET instances without concurrent behavior. We point out how to check for the absence of concurrency and present a flow-sensitive analysis for these GRAFCET instances. The proposed approach is evaluated on an industrial-sized example.

Authors 5

1. Aron Schnakenbeck

   Helmut Schmidt University

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   Institut für Automatisierungstechnik Helmut-Schmidt-Universität,Hamburg,Germany,22043

2. Robin Mroß Aachen Lehrstuhl Informatik 11

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University,Lehrstuhl Informatik 11,Aachen,Germany,52074

3. Marcus Völker Aachen Lehrstuhl Informatik 11

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University,Lehrstuhl Informatik 11,Aachen,Germany,52074

4. Stefan Kowalewski Aachen Lehrstuhl Informatik 11

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University,Lehrstuhl Informatik 11,Aachen,Germany,52074

5. Alexander Fay

   Helmut Schmidt University

   Affiliation as printed

   Institut für Automatisierungstechnik Helmut-Schmidt-Universität,Hamburg,Germany,22043