SOTA temporal logic: replace speculative FRET/Pressburger claims with LTL operators from RA, cite Baier 2008

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Formal verification of any system requires a precise language for stating Formal verification of any system requires a precise language for stating
what the system must do. Temporal logic provides this language by extending what the system must do. Temporal logic provides this language by extending
classical propositional logic with operators that express properties over classical propositional logic with operators that express properties over
time. Where propositional logic can state that a condition is true or false, time~\cite{baier_principles_2008}. Where propositional logic can state that
temporal logic can state that a condition must always hold, must eventually a condition is true or false, temporal logic can state that a condition must
hold, or must hold until some other condition is met. This expressiveness always hold, must eventually hold, or must hold until some other condition is
makes temporal logic the foundation for specifying reactive systems---systems met. Linear temporal logic (LTL) formalizes these notions through four key
that continuously interact with their environment and must satisfy ongoing operators:
behavioral requirements. \begin{itemize}
\item $\mathbf{X}\phi$ (next): $\phi$ holds in the next state
For nuclear control applications, temporal logic captures exactly the kinds \item $\mathbf{G}\phi$ (globally): $\phi$ holds in all future states
of properties that matter: safety properties (``the reactor never enters an \item $\mathbf{F}\phi$ (finally): $\phi$ holds in some future state
unsafe configuration''), liveness properties (``the system eventually reaches \item $\phi \mathbf{U} \psi$ (until): $\phi$ holds until $\psi$ becomes
operating temperature''), and response properties (``if coolant pressure true
drops, shutdown initiates within bounded time''). These properties can be \end{itemize}
derived directly from operating procedures and regulatory requirements, These operators allow specification of safety properties ($\mathbf{G}\neg
creating a formal link between existing documentation and verifiable system \text{unsafe}$), liveness properties ($\mathbf{F}\text{target}$), and
behavior. response properties ($\mathbf{G}(\text{trigger} \rightarrow
\mathbf{F}\text{response})$). For nuclear control, this expressiveness
NASA's Formal Requirements Elicitation Tool (FRET) bridges the gap between captures exactly the kinds of requirements that matter: the reactor must
natural language requirements and temporal logic specifications. FRET never enter an unsafe configuration, the system must eventually reach
provides a structured intermediate language that allows engineers to define operating temperature, and if coolant pressure drops, shutdown must initiate
temporal behavior without writing raw logic formulas. The HARDENS project within bounded time. These properties can be derived directly from operating
used FRET for requirement capture, and it has been validated on aerospace procedures and regulatory requirements, creating a formal link between
systems including a Lift+Cruise aircraft with 53 formalized existing documentation and verifiable system behavior.
requirements~\cite{Pressburger2023}. FRET's ability to start with imprecise
natural language and iteratively refine it into well-posed specifications
makes it particularly suited to formalizing nuclear operating procedures.
\subsubsection{Differential Dynamic Logic} \subsubsection{Differential Dynamic Logic}