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Partial order reduction: Model-checking using representatives

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Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1996 (MFCS 1996)

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Partial order reductions is a family of techniques for diminishing the state-space explosion problem for model-checking concurrent programs. It is based on the observation that execution sequences of a concurrent program can be grouped together into equivalence classes that are indistinguishable by the property to be checked. Applying the reduction constructs a reduced state-space that generates at least one representative for each equivalence class. This paper surveys some algorithms for partial order model-checking. The presentation focuses on the verification using representatives approach. The reduction approach is extended to branching specifications.

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Peled, D. (1996). Partial order reduction: Model-checking using representatives. In: Penczek, W., Szałas, A. (eds) Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1996. MFCS 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61550-4_141

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