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We describe a translation from a dialect of SDL-88 to PROMELA, the input language of the SPIN model checker. The fairly straight- forward translation covers data types as well as processes, procedures, and services. Together with SPIN the translation provides a simulation and verification environment for most SDL features.
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Tuominen, H. (1999). Embedding a Dialect of SDL in PROMELA. In: Dams, D., Gerth, R., Leue, S., Massink, M. (eds) Theoretical and Practical Aspects of SPIN Model Checking. SPIN 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1680. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48234-2_19
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