Runtime Verification — Structural Reference

Orientation

A running or recorded system execution produces observable events, states, or data over time.

Those observations can be assessed against specified properties while or after the execution occurs.

Runtime verification concerns this execution-based assessment rather than exhaustive analysis of all possible system behaviors.

Problem Space

Observed Execution

System behavior becomes available through a concrete execution trace composed of observed events, states, values, or transitions.

Specified Property

The observed execution is interpreted relative to an explicit property, requirement, assertion, or formal specification.

Runtime Assessment

A monitor evaluates the relationship between the execution trace and the specified property and derives verification information from that execution.

System Boundary

The runtime verification boundary separates verification derived from observed executions from analysis that does not depend on a concrete execution trace.

Within Boundary

Observed execution behavior is evaluated against specified properties to derive runtime verification information.

At Boundary

The relation between property specification, execution trace, monitor evaluation, and verification verdict is examined.

Outside Boundary

Exhaustive static verification, general testing without the runtime-verification relation, implementation-specific monitoring tools, and operational control procedures remain outside the reference boundary.

Structure

Context and positioning are described in About.

Formal definition, scope boundaries, and structural models are provided in Method.