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Modelling and Analysing ERTMS Hybrid Level 3 with the mCRL2 Toolset

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Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS 2018)

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ERTMS Hybrid Level 3 is a recent proposal for a train control system specification that serves to increase the capacity of the railway network by allowing multiple trains with an integrity monitoring system and a GSM-R connection to the trackside on a single section. In this paper we model the principles of ERTMS Hybrid Level 3 in the \(\mathrm {mCRL2}\) process algebra and perform an analysis with its associated toolset. Our analysis has resulted in suggestions for improvement of the principles that will be taken into account in the next version of the specification.

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    The \(\mathrm {mCRL2}\) code is distributed with the \(\mathrm {mCRL2}\) toolset (git commit 2e671cb), which is available from https://www.mcrl2.org.

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  1. ProRail, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Maarten Bartholomeus

  2. Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Bas Luttik & Tim Willemse

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  1. Technical University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Falk Howar

  2. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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Bartholomeus, M., Luttik, B., Willemse, T. (2018). Modelling and Analysing ERTMS Hybrid Level 3 with the mCRL2 Toolset. In: Howar, F., Barnat, J. (eds) Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems. FMICS 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11119. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00244-2_7

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