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Exploring the properties of MSC documents by translating them into Petri nets

Cybernetics and Systems Analysis volume 45, Article number: 997 (2009) Cite this article

The paper presents the final version of the algorithm for translating MSC-2000 documents to event-equivalent Petri nets. The input document may include any elements of the MSC-2000 language, assuming that condition element value is not used and sequential composition of MSC diagrams is regarded as strict. The algorithm is implemented as a full-functional prototype and can be used to verify software systems.

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  1. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

    S. L. Kryvyi

  2. V. M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

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The study was financed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine within the framework of the joint Ukrainian-Bulgarian project No. 145/23.02.2009 “Development of distributed virtual laboratories based on advanced access methods for sensory systems design” and by the Bulgarian National Science Fund within the framework of joint Bulgarian-Ukrainian project D002-331/19.12.2008 with the same name.

Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 6, pp. 165–171, November–December 2009.

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Kryvyi, S.L., Chugayenko, O.V. & Matveeva, L.E. Exploring the properties of MSC documents by translating them into Petri nets. Cybern Syst Anal 45, 997 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10559-009-9168-3

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Keywords

  • Petri nets
  • MSC
  • verification