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In recent times, there has been growing interest in model checking software systems. Such efforts bring into focus the memory constraints of model checking approaches. In this paper, we present our results from the analysis (at the source code level) of a real-time operating system using the Spin model checker and explain our efforts to understand the reasons for the extremely large state space. Our studies indicate that even hand-optimized models suffer from memory constraints, thereby indicating the need for other approaches that break the problem into smaller pieces.
This material is based upon work supported in part by NASA under cooperative agreement NCC-1-399.
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Rangarajan, M., Cofer, D. (2004). Model-Checking Complex Software – A Memory Perspective. In: Wirsing, M., Knapp, A., Balsamo, S. (eds) Radical Innovations of Software and Systems Engineering in the Future. RISSEF 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2941. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24626-8_20
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