1.0Microsoft Researchhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/researchJeff Runninghttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/jeffrunn/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PYcqvMGt9x"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/video/causality-checking/">Causality Checking</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/video/causality-checking/embed/#?secret=PYcqvMGt9x" width="600" height="338" title="“Causality Checking” — Microsoft Research" data-secret="PYcqvMGt9x" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/causality-checking-1.jpg320240I will introduce Causality Checking, a technique extending model checking designed to establish causalities for safety property violations in system models. Causality Checking is based on counterfactual reasoning. In particular, it is based on an adoption of the Halpern/Pearl Structural Equation Model (SEM) for establishing actual causes. Causality Checking takes advantage of the fact that […]