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Model checking software: on some new waves and some evergreens

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This paper introduces a special section of the STTT journal containing a selection of papers that were presented at the 13th International Workshop Model Checking Software SPIN 2007. We give a brief overview of the field of software model checking with emphasis on topics that are covered by the selected papers. In our focus are some emerging trends like multi-core model checking together with new high-quality model checking tools, as well as subjects that remain challenging virtually since the establishing of the discipline, like partial-order reduction and abstraction.

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Bošnački, D., Edelkamp, S. Model checking software: on some new waves and some evergreens. Int J Softw Tools Technol Transfer 12, 89–95 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10009-010-0155-9

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