Automata Based Railway Gate Control System at Level Crossing

In recent studies, it is indicated that the rate of accidents at level crossings of Railway Gate Control System (RGCS) is increasing. The need of an automatic system emerges due to the poor management and negligence of railway staff, that may make us able to handle the situation by reducing the accidents. RGCS has gained much attention because of its accident reducing and time saving competence at the level crossing. To signify the entire automatic railway gate control system, one of the best approaches for RGCS modeling is Deterministic Finite Automata (DFA). This paper presents UML and formal model of RGCS using DFA. The behavior of the proposed model is explained using UML activity and sequence diagrams and then to prove its verification and correctness formal specification is described. Vienna Development Method Specification Language (VDM-SL), a formal specification language, is a mathematical based approach to implement the systems in a correct way and to verify the properties of software systems. For analysis purpose of the model, various functionalities of VDM-SL toolbox are used. The verification and validation of model is provided using VDM-SL toolbox.