Systems and Methods for Mining Temporal Requirements from Block Diagram Models of Control Systems

Systems and methods for mining a temporal requirement from a block diagram model of a closed loop control system are disclosed. One embodiment of a method includes simulating the closed loop control system of a vehicle to obtain simulation traces and determining a candidate requirement by instantiating a template requirement with values of the simulation traces to locate parameter values that suggest that the template requirement is fulfilled. Some embodiments of the method include determining whether a counterexample to the candidate requirement exists; and in response to determining that the counterexample to the candidate requirement exists, obtaining the counterexample to the candidate requirement and adding the counterexample to the simulation traces for inspection.