9.4.3. Assertion-based verification
Assertion-based verification is becoming popular in the industry and has drawn much attention in the recent literature [Foster 2004]. This method embeds a set of assertions in various parts of the implementation for monitoring design properties. Assertion-based verification can be viewed as a variant of the white-box method.
The concept of assertions is originated from software testing. An assertion is a line in the program that checks the validity of an expression. A correct program must guarantee that such expressions are always true; otherwise, a warning or exit signal should be issued. Software engineers frequently write assertions to check the possible existence of unexpected scenarios. Many high-level ...
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