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Cubicle-\(\mathcal {W}\): Parameterized Model Checking on Weak Memory

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Automated Reasoning (IJCAR 2018)

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We present Cubicle-\(\mathcal {W}\), a new version of the Cubicle model checker to verify parameterized systems under weak memory models. Its main originality is to implement a backward reachability algorithm modulo weak memory reasoning using SMT. Our experiments show that Cubicle-\(\mathcal {W}\) is expressive and efficient enough to automatically prove safety of concurrent algorithms, for an arbitrary number of processes, ranging from mutual exclusion to synchronization barriers.

Work supported by the French ANR project PARDI (ANR-16-CE25-0006).

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  1. LRI (CNRS & University Paris-Sud), Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405, Orsay, France

    Sylvain Conchon, David Declerck & Fatiha Zaïdi

  2. Inria, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91120, Palaiseau, France

    Sylvain Conchon & David Declerck

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Conchon, S., Declerck, D., Zaïdi, F. (2018). Cubicle-\(\mathcal {W}\): Parameterized Model Checking on Weak Memory. In: Galmiche, D., Schulz, S., Sebastiani, R. (eds) Automated Reasoning. IJCAR 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10900. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94205-6_11

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