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In model checking, abstractions can cause spurious results, which need to be verified in the concrete system to gain conclusive results. Verification based on multi-valued model checking can distinguish conclusive and inconclusive results, while increasing precision over traditional two-valued over- and under-abstractions. This paper describes the theory and implementation of multi-valued model checking for Promela specifications. We believe our tool Bonsai is the first four-valued model checker capable of multi-valued verification of parallel models, i.e. consisting of multiple concurrent processes. A novel aspect is the ability to only partially abstract a model, keeping parts of it concrete.
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Vijzelaar, S., Verstoep, K., Fokkink, W., Bal, H. (2015). Bonsai: Cutting Models Down to Size. In: Voronkov, A., Virbitskaite, I. (eds) Perspectives of System Informatics. PSI 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8974. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46823-4_29
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