The four-volume set LNCS 11244 11245 11246 and 11247 constitutes the refereed proceedings of
the 8th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods Verification and
Validation ISoLA 2018 held in Limassol Cyprus in October November 2018. The papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Each volume
focusses on an individual topic with topical section headings within the volume:Part I
Modeling: Towards a unified view of modeling and programming X-by-construction STRESS
2018.Part II Verification: A broader view on verification: from static to runtime and back
evaluating tools for software verification statistical model checking RERS 2018 doctoral
symposium.Part III Distributed Systems: rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems
verification and validation of distributed systems and cyber-physical systems engineering.
Part IV Industrial Practice: runtime verification from the theory to the industry practice
formal methods in industrial practice - bridging the gap reliable smart contracts:
state-of-the-art applications challenges and future directions and industrial day.
