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The Murϕ-based Hopper tool is a general purpose explicit model checker. Hopper leverages Murϕ’s class structure to implement new algorithms. Hopper differs from Murϕ in that it includes in its distribution published parallel and disk based algorithms, as well as several new algorithms. For example, Hopper includes parallel dynamic partitioning, cooperative parallel search for LTL violations and property-based guided search (parallel or sequential). We discuss Hopper in general and present a recently implemented randomized guided search algorithm. In multiple parallel guided searches, randomization increases the expected average time to find an error but decreases the expected minimum time to find an error.
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Jones, M., Mercer, E. (2004). Explicit State Model Checking with Hopper. In: Graf, S., Mounier, L. (eds) Model Checking Software. SPIN 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2989. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24732-6_10
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