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rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2020-10-09 07:10:50
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Le, Hong Anh
creators_name: To, Van Khanh
creators_name: Truong, Ninh Thuan
creators_id: lehonganh@humg.edu.vn
creators_id: khanhtv@vnu.edu.vn
creators_id: thuantn@vnu.edu.vn
title: Formal Analysis of Database Trigger Systems Using Event-B
ispublished: inpress
subjects: Scopus
divisions: fac_fit
abstract: Most modern relational database systems use triggers to implement automatic tasks in response to specific events happening inside or outside a system. A database trigger is a human readable block code without any formal semantics. Frequently, people can check if a trigger is designed correctly after it is executed or by manual checking. In this article, the authors introduce a new method to model and verify database trigger systems using Event-B formal method at design phase. First, the authors make use of similar mechanism between triggers and Event-B events to propose a set of rules translating a database trigger system into Event-B constructs. Then, the authors show how to verify data constraint preservation properties and detect infinite loops of trigger execution with RODIN/Event-B. The authors also illustrate the proposed method with a case study. Finally, a tool named Trigger2B which partly supports the automatic modeling process is presented.
date: 2021
date_type: published
publisher: IGI Global Publishing
official_url: https://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-software-innovation/64245
full_text_status: none
publication: International Journal of Software Innovation
volume: 9
number: 4
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2166-7160
citation:   Le, Hong Anh and To, Van Khanh and Truong, Ninh Thuan  (2021) Formal Analysis of Database Trigger Systems Using Event-B.  International Journal of Software Innovation, 9  (4).    ISSN 2166-7160    (In Press)