System Validation (4): Modelling Software, Protocols, and other behaviour

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Course Summary

Learn how to validate software protocols and systems in this course. Gain the skills to ensure that these systems operate properly, meet requirements, and are reliable.

Key Learning Points

  • Understand the importance of system validation and its role in software development
  • Learn how to create and implement a validation plan
  • Gain knowledge in different types of testing and validation methods

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Learning Outcomes

  • Create and implement a validation plan
  • Effectively test and validate software protocols and systems
  • Ensure that systems meet requirements and are reliable

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • Basic programming knowledge
  • Familiarity with software development methodologies

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

  • Online
  • Self-paced

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  • Software Testing and Automation
  • Software Development Processes and Methodologies

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Description

System Validation is the field that studies the fundamentals of system communication and information processing. It allows automated analysis based on behavioural models of a system to see if a system works correctly. We want to guarantee that the systems does exactly what it is supposed to do. The techniques put forward in system validation allow to prove the absence of errors. It allows to design embedded system behaviour that is structurally sound and as a side effect enforces you to make the behaviour simple and insightful. This means that the systems are not only behaving correctly, but are also much easier to maintain and adapt. ’Modeling Software Protocols, and other behaviour' demonstrates the power of formal methods in software modelling, communication protocols, and other examples. Reading material. J.F. Groote and M.R. Mousavi. Modeling and analysis of communicating systems. The MIT Press, 2014.

Outline

  • Advanced modelling
  • Introduction to MOOC modelling software, protocols and other behaviour
  • Modelling a parallel algorithm to calculate the GCD
  • Linear process equations and linearisation
  • Manipulating linear processes
  • Parameterised boolean equation systems
  • The alternating bit protocol revisited
  • The sliding window protocol, or Tanenbaum’s bug
  • Philips remote control standard 6, or the bounded retransmission protocol
  • Book exercises
  • Advanced modelling
  • Modelling guidelines
  • Guidelines to avoid the state space explosion problem
  • Push versus poll
  • Restrict the use of data
  • Avoid parallelism among components
  • Compositional design; specify external behaviour
  • Modelling guidelines

Summary of User Reviews

Discover the fundamentals of system validation and software protocols with this engaging course on Coursera. Students have given this course overwhelmingly positive reviews, praising its thoroughness and real-world applicability.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Many users have found the practical case studies to be a highlight of the course.

Pros from User Reviews

  • Thorough coverage of the subject matter
  • Real-world examples and case studies
  • Engaging and interactive course material
  • Helpful and responsive instructors
  • Clear and concise explanations

Cons from User Reviews

  • Some users found the course material to be too technical or dense
  • The course may not be suitable for beginners with no prior knowledge of the subject
  • The pace of the course can be quite fast, which may be challenging for some students
  • The course may not be applicable to all industries or job roles
  • Some users found the assessments to be overly challenging or time-consuming
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Jan Friso Groote
EIT Digital
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