Abstract
Message Sequence Charts (MSCs) are a popular graphical notation for describing communication protocols. MSCs enjoy an international standard (ITU-Z120) and a growing number of tools include an MSC interface for either displaying simulation or verification results, or testing the inclusion of a particular scenario in the design. We describe here a toolset that was developed to help designing a system using the MSC notation. The toolset allows creating an MSC description of a design for communication systems, and performing some verification tasks on the design.
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Peled, D.A. (1998). A toolset for message sequence charts. In: Hu, A.J., Vardi, M.Y. (eds) Computer Aided Verification. CAV 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1427. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0028776
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