A Graph Based Semantics for Logical Functional Diagrams in Power Plant Controllers.

In this paper we place ourselves in the setting of formal representation of functional specifications given in logical diagrams (LD) for verification and test purposes. Our contribution consists in defining a formal structure that explicitly encodes the semantics and behavior of a LD. We put in a complete transformation procedure of the non-formal LD specifications into a directed state graph such that properties like oscillatory behavior become formally verifiable on LDs. We motivate and illustrate our approach with a scenario inspired from a real world power plant specification.