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This paper is concerned with a memory-efficient representation of reachability graphs. We describe a technique that enables us to represent each reachable marking in a number of bits close to the theoretical minimum needed for explicit state enumeration. The technique maps each state vector onto a number between zero and the number of reachable states and uses the sweep-line method to delete the state vectors themselves. A prototype of the proposed technique has been implemented and experimental results are reported.
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Mailund, T., Westergaard, M. (2004). Obtaining Memory-Efficient Reachability Graph Representations Using the Sweep-Line Method. In: Jensen, K., Podelski, A. (eds) Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems. TACAS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2988. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24730-2_16
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