Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Distributed Systems

The four-volume set LNCS 11244, 11245, 11246, and 11247 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2018, held in Limassol, Cyprus, in October/November 2018.

The papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Each volume focusses on an individual topic with topical section headings within the volume:
Part I, Modeling: Towards a unified view of modeling and programming; X-by-construction, STRESS 2018.
Part II, Verification: A broader view on verification: from static to runtime and back; evaluating tools for software verification; statistical model checking; RERS 2018; doctoral symposium.
Part III, Distributed Systems: rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems; verification and validation of distributed systems; and cyber-physical systems engineering.
Part IV, Industrial Practice: runtime verificationfrom the theory to the industry practice; formal methods in industrial practice - bridging the gap; reliable smart contracts: state-of-the-art, applications, challenges and future directions; and industrial day.

Inhalt
Rigorous Engineering of Collective Adaptive Systems - Introduction to the 2nd Track Edition.- DReAM: Dynamic Reconfigurable Architecture Modeling.- Dynamic Logic for Ensembles.- Modelling the Transition to Distributed Ledgers.- Collective Adaptive Socio-Technical System for Remote- and Self-Supervised Exercise in the Treatment of Intermittent Claudication.- Engineering Collectives of Self-driving Vehicles: the SOTA Approach.- Synthesizing Capabilities for Collective Adaptive Systems from Self-Descriptive Hardware Devices Bridging the Reality Gap.- The Meaning of Adaptation: Mastering the Unforeseen?.- Mutation-based Test Suite Evolution For Self-Organizing Systems.- Adapting Quality Assurance to Adaptive Systems: The Scenario Coevolution Paradigm.- Designing Systems with Detection and Reconfiguration Capabilities: A Formal Approach.- Dynamic Security Specification through Autonomic Component Ensembles.- Differential Equivalence yields Network Centrality.- Measuring and Evaluating the Performance of Self-Organization Mechanisms within Collective Adaptive Systems.- Engineering Sustainable and Adaptive Systems in Dynamic Environments.- The Sharer's Dilemma in Collective Adaptive Systems of Self-Interested Agents.- Coordination model with reinforcement learning for ensuring reliable on-demand services in collective adaptive systems.- Data-driven modelling and simulation of urban transportation systems using Carma.- GoAt: Attribute-based Interaction in Google Go.- Four Exercises in Programming Dynamic Reconfigurable Systems: Methodology and Solution in DR-BIP.- ISoLA 2018 - Verification and Validation of Distributed Systems: Track Introduction.- ByMC: Byzantine Model Checker.- Static code verification through process models.- Effective Test Suite Design for Detecting Concurrency Control Faults in Distributed Transaction Systems.- Towards automated testing of the Internet of Things: Results obtained with the TESTAR tool.- Quantitative Safety Analysis of a Coordinated Emergency Brake Protocol for Vehicle Platoons.- Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering: An Introduction.- Intelligent Adaption Process in Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS).- Model-Based Systems Engineering for Systems Simulation.- Scenario-based validation of automated driving systems.- Engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems in the automotive context: case study of a range prediction assistant.- Testing Avionics Software: Is FMI up to the Task?.- Lessons Learned Using FMI Co-Simulation for Model-based Design of Cyber Physical Systems.- Co-simulation: the Past, Future, and Open Challenges.