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A Time-Optimal On-the-Fly Parallel Algorithm for Model Checking of Weak LTL Properties

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Formal Methods and Software Engineering (ICFEM 2009)

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One of the most important open problems of parallel LTL model-checking is to design an on-the-fly scalable parallel algorithm with linear time complexity. Such an algorithm would give the optimality we have in sequential LTL model-checking. In this paper we give a partial solution to the problem. We propose an algorithm that has the required properties for a very rich subset of LTL properties, namely those expressible by weak Büchi automata.

This work has been partially supported by the Czech Science Foundation grants No. 201/09/1389 and P201/09/P497, and by the Academy of Sciences grants No. 1ET408050503 and 1ET400300504.

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    Jiří Barnat, Luboš Brim & Petr Ročkai

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Barnat, J., Brim, L., Ročkai, P. (2009). A Time-Optimal On-the-Fly Parallel Algorithm for Model Checking of Weak LTL Properties. In: Breitman, K., Cavalcanti, A. (eds) Formal Methods and Software Engineering. ICFEM 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5885. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10373-5_21

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