Regular Model Checking Without Transducers (On Efficient Verification of Parameterized Systems)

  • Parosh Aziz Abdulla
  • Giorgio Delzanno
  • Noomene Ben Henda
  • Ahmed Rezine
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 4424)

Abstract

We give a simple and efficient method to prove safety properties for parameterized systems with linear topologies. A process in the system is a finite-state automaton, where the transitions are guarded by both local and global conditions. Processes may communicate via broadcast, rendez-vous and shared variables. The method derives an over-approximation of the induced transition system, which allows the use of a simple class of regular expressions as a symbolic representation. Compared to traditional regular model checking methods, the analysis does not require the manipulation of transducers, and hence its simplicity and efficiency. We have implemented a prototype which works well on several mutual exclusion algorithms and cache coherence protocols.

Keywords

Model Check Transition Rule Mutual Exclusion Safety Property Reachability Analysis 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Parosh Aziz Abdulla
    • 1
  • Giorgio Delzanno
    • 2
  • Noomene Ben Henda
    • 1
  • Ahmed Rezine
    • 1
  1. 1.Uppsala UniversitySweden
  2. 2.Università di GenovaItaly

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