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Multi-core Model Checking of Large-Scale Reactive Systems Using Different State Representations

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Model checking software systems allows to formally verify that their behavior adheres to certain properties. The state explosion problem presents a major obstacle to model checking due to the implied large concrete state spaces. We present an approach to efficient model checking of large-scale reactive systems that aims at a trade-off between the number of verifiable and falsifiable properties and the required analysis time. Our two-phase approach is based on a parallel state space exploration with explicit states for falsifying linear temporal logic (LTL) properties, and an abstract phase reasoning on the entire state space for verifying LTL properties. This two-phase approach enabled us to win the Rigorous Examination of Reactive Systems Challenge (RERS) in 2014 and 2015. We present a detailed evaluation based on 30 different RERS benchmarks regarding both our verification results and the obtainable parallel speedup.

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This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, via project ProVESA KJ0401/KJ0402. IM release number LLNL-CONF-690843.

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Jasper, M., Schordan, M. (2016). Multi-core Model Checking of Large-Scale Reactive Systems Using Different State Representations. In: Margaria, T., Steffen, B. (eds) Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation: Foundational Techniques. ISoLA 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9952. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47166-2_15

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