Compositional Reasoning in Model Checking

Abstract

The main problem in model checking that prevents it from being used for verification of large systems is the state explosion problem. This problem often arises from combining parallel processes together. Many techniques have been proposed to overcome this difficulty and thus increase the size of the systems that model checkers can handle. We describe several compositional model checking techniques used in practice and show a few examples demonstrating their performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 1998
Accession Number
ADA339195

Entities

People

  • Edmund M. Clarke
  • Sergey Berezin
  • Sergio Campos

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Asynchronous Systems
  • Automatic
  • Complex Systems
  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Construction
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Guarantees
  • Images
  • Instructions
  • Language
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Reasoning
  • Simulations
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.