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Visual Programming Language for Model Checkers Based on Google Blockly

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Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2017)

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Abstract

Recently, model checkers, such as SPIN, have played an important role in the enhancement of software reliability. To promote the use of model checkers, we propose a visual programming language for SPIN model checkers for educational use. Our prototype is based on Google Blockly.

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Acknowledgments

This research was partially supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) and (A) (No. 16K00113 and No. 17H00731)].

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  1. Department of Informatics, Kindai University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashiosaka City, Osaka, 577-8502, Japan

    Seiji Yamashita & Masateru Tsunoda

  2. Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Okayama Prefectural University, 111 Kuboki, Soja City, Okayama, 719-1197, Japan

    Tomoyuki Yokogawa

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  1. Seiji Yamashita
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Correspondence to Masateru Tsunoda .

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  1. University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Michael Felderer

  2. Technical University Munich, Garching, Germany

    Daniel Méndez Fernández

  3. Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

    Burak Turhan

  4. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Marcos Kalinowski

  5. University College London, London, United Kingdom

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  6. Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

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Yamashita, S., Tsunoda, M., Yokogawa, T. (2017). Visual Programming Language for Model Checkers Based on Google Blockly. In: Felderer, M., Méndez Fernández, D., Turhan, B., Kalinowski, M., Sarro, F., Winkler, D. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10611. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69926-4_49

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