Directed Explicit Model Checking with HSF-SPIN

Edelkamp, Stefan and Lluch-Lafuente, Alberto and Leue, Stefan Directed Explicit Model Checking with HSF-SPIN. In: Model Checking Software (SPIN '01). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2057 . Springer, pp. 57-79. ISBN 3-540-42124-6 (2001)

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Abstract

We present the explicit state model checker HSF-SPIN which is based on the model checker SPIN and its Promela modeling language. HSF-SPIN incorporates directed search algorithms for checking safety and a large class of LTL-specified liveness properties. We start off from the A* algorithm and define heuristics to accelerate the search into the direction of a specified failure situation. Next we propose an improved nested depth-first search algorithm that exploits the structure of Promela Never-Claims. As a result of both improvements, counterexamples will be shorter and the explored part of the state space will be smaller than with classical approaches, allowing to analyze larger state spaces. We evaluate the impact of the new heuristics and algorithms on a set of protocol models, some of which are real-world industrial protocols.

Item Type:	Book Section
Identification Number:	10.1007/3-540-45139-0_5
Additional Information:	The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Research Area:	Computer Science and Applications
Depositing User:	Users 30 not found.
Date Deposited:	17 May 2011 14:37
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2011 14:34
URI:	http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/170

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