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The standard language of message sequence charts (MSCs) is designed to describe scenarios of object interaction. Due to their expressiveness and simplicity, MSC diagrams are widely used in practice at all stages of system design and development. In particular, the MSC language is used for describing communication behavior in distributed systems and communication protocols. In this paper, a method for analysis and verification of MSC and HMSC diagrams is considered. The method is based on translation of (H)MSCs into coloured Petri nets. The translation algorithms cover most standard elements of MSCs including data concepts. Size estimates of the CPN, which is the result of translation, are given. Properties of the resulting CPN are analyzed and verified by using the known system CPN Tools and the CPN verifier based on the known tool SPIN. The translation method is demonstrated with an example.
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Original Russian Text © S.A. Chernenok, V.A. Nepomniaschy, 2014, published in Modelirovanie i Analiz Informatsionnykh Sistem, 2014, No. 6, pp. 94–106.
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Chernenok, S.A., Nepomniaschy, V.A. Analysis and verification of message sequence charts of distributed systems with the help of coloured Petri nets. Aut. Control Comp. Sci. 49, 484–492 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0146411615070056
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