Model Checking Time Window Temporal Logic for Hyperproperties

Hyperproperties extend trace properties to express properties of sets of traces, and they are increasingly popular in specifying various security and performance-related properties in domains such as cyber-physical systems, smart grids, and automotive. This paper introduces HyperTWTL, which extends Time Window Temporal Logic (TWTL)–a domain-specific formal specification language for robotics, by allowing explicit and simultaneous quantification over multiple execution traces. We propose two different semantics for HyperTWTL, synchronous and asynchronous, based on the alignment of the timestamps in the traces. Consequently, we demonstrate the application of HyperTWTL in formalizing important information-flow security policies and concurrency for robotics applications. Furthermore, we introduce a model checking algorithm for verifying fragments of HyperTWTL by reducing the problem to a TWTL model checking problem.CCS CONCEPTS• Theory of computation → Modal and temporal logics; Verification by model checking; Logic and verification.