Search

Two Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) have been developed to improve the development of a power control component of interventional X-ray systems of Philips. Configuration files and test cases are generated from instances of these DSLs. To increase the confidence in these instances and the generators, formal models have been generated to analyse DSL instances and to crosscheck the results of the generators. A DSL instance serves as a single source from which the implementation and the formal analysis models are generated. In this way, it is easy to maintain the formal support in case of changes and for new product releases. We report about our experiences with this approach in a real development project at Philips.

We discuss the use of formal techniques to improve the concept phase of product realisation. As an industrial application, a new concept of interventional X-ray systems has been formalized, using model checking techniques and the simulation of formal models. cop. Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.

To improve the design of a power control unit at Philips, two Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) have been used. The first DSL provides a concise and readable notation for the essential state transitions. It is used to generate both configuration files and analysis models. In addition, we also generate instances of a second DSL which represents test traces. This second DSL is used to generate test cases for the power control unit. The use of DSLs not only improved productivity, but also the quality of the configuration files and the test set. cop. 2015, IEEE.

This paper describes the use of a formal method to support component-based development in the healthcare domain. The method is based on a commercial tool suite which combines formal modeling, compositional model checking, and code generation. The main approach of the tool suite will be explained and demonstrated from a user point of view. We report about experiences with this approach at the company Philips Healthcare for the design of control software for advanced interventional X-ray systems. This concerns formal interface definitions between the main system components and detailed design of control components.