SMT-Based Safety Verification of Data-Aware Processes under Ontologies (Extended Version)
Abstract
In the context of verification of data-aware processes (DAPs), a formal approach based on satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) has been considered to verify parameterised safety properties of so-called artifact-centric systems. This approach requires a combination of model-theoretic notions and algorithmic techniques based on backward reachability. We introduce here a variant of one of the most investigated models in this spectrum, namely simple artifact systems (SASs), where, instead of managing a database, we operate over a description logic (DL) ontology expressed in (a slight extension of) RDFS. This DL, enjoying suitable model-theoretic properties, allows us to define DL-based SASs to which backward reachability can still be applied, leading to decidability in PSPACE of the corresponding safety problems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2108.12330,
title = {SMT-Based Safety Verification of Data-Aware Processes under Ontologies (Extended Version)},
author = {Diego Calvanese and Alessandro Gianola and Andrea Mazzullo and Marco Montali},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.12330},
year = {2021}
}