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This paper expands upon the finite state machine approach for the formal analysis of digital evidence. The proposed method may be used to support the feasibility of a given statement by testing it against a relevant system model. To achieve this, a novel method for modeling the system and evidential statements is given. The method is then examined in a case study example.
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James, J., Gladyshev, P., Abdullah, M.T., Zhu, Y. (2010). Analysis of Evidence Using Formal Event Reconstruction. In: Goel, S. (eds) Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. ICDF2C 2009. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11534-9_9
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