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A Visual Modeling Language for MSVL

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Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method (SOFL+MSVL 2016)

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Modeling, Simulation and Verification Language (MSVL) is a useful formalism for specification and verification of concurrent systems. To make it easy to use, we define a visual formalism, called vMSVL, which is the extension of the classic flowchart used in software design and helps the engineer to model the structure and behaviour of a system in a visual, hierarchical way. Besides, the technique for automatical translation of vMSVL model into MSVL model is also presented. The formalism combines the benefits of the classical visualized specification method with the power of model checking, which helps to popularize the application of model checking in industry.

This research is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Education Bureau of Shaanxi Province, China (No. 11JK1037), the Industrial Research Project of Shaanxi Province (No. 2016GY-089).

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    Xinfeng Shu, Chao Li & Chang Liu

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    Shaoying Liu

  2. Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

    Zhenhua Duan

  3. Xidian University, Xi'an, China

    Cong Tian

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Shu, X., Li, C., Liu, C. (2017). A Visual Modeling Language for MSVL. In: Liu, S., Duan, Z., Tian, C., Nagoya, F. (eds) Structured Object-Oriented Formal Language and Method. SOFL+MSVL 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10189. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57708-1_13

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