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Modeling, Simulation and Verification Language (MSVL) is a useful formalism for specification and verification of concurrent systems. To make it more practical and easier to use, we extend MSVL with function calls in this paper. To do so, an approach for function calls similar as in imperative programming languages is presented. Further, the semantics of expressions is redefined and the semantics of new added function call statements is formalized. Moreover, an example is given to illustrate how to use function calls in practice with MSVL.
The research is supported by the National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China (973 Program) Grant No.2010CB328102, National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61133001, 61202038, 61272117, 61272118, 61322202 and 91218301.
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Zhang, N., Duan, Z., Tian, C. (2014). Extending MSVL with Function Calls. In: Merz, S., Pang, J. (eds) Formal Methods and Software Engineering. ICFEM 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8829. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11737-9_29
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