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Using Runtime Analysis to Guide Model Checking of Java Programs

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SPIN Model Checking and Software Verification (SPIN 2000)

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This paper describes how two runtime analysis algorithms, an existing data race detection algorithm and a new deadlock detection algorithm, have been implemented to analyze Java programs. Runtime analysis is based on the idea of executing the program once, and observing the generated run to extract various kinds of information. This information can then be used to predict whether other different runs may violate some properties of interest, in addition of course to demonstrate whether the generated run itself violates such properties. These runtime analyses can be performed stand-alone to generate a set of warnings. It is furthermore demonstrated how these warnings can be used to guide a model checker, thereby reducing the search space. The described techniques have been implemented in the home grown Java model checker called Java PathFinder.

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    Klaus Havelund

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  1. Kestrel Technology, Palo Alto, California, USA

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    John Penix

  3. SEVEN Networks, 94063, Redwood City, CA, USA

    Willem Visser

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Havelund, K. (2000). Using Runtime Analysis to Guide Model Checking of Java Programs. In: Havelund, K., Penix, J., Visser, W. (eds) SPIN Model Checking and Software Verification. SPIN 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1885. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10722468_15

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