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Distributed LTL model-checking in SPIN

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Model Checking Software (SPIN 2001)

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In this paper we propose a distributed algorithm for model- checking LTL. In particular, we explore the possibility of performing nested depth-first search algorithm in distributed SPIN. A distributed version of the algorithm is presented, and its complexity is discussed.

This work has been supported in part by the Grant Agency of Czech Republic grants

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  1. Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University Brno, Botanická 68a, Brno, Czech Republic

    Jiri Barnat & Lubos Brim

  2. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, 200 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Jitka Stříbrná

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  1. Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University, 234 Nichols Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506-2302, USA

    Matthew Dwyer

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Barnat, J., Brim, L., Stříbrná, J. (2001). Distributed LTL model-checking in SPIN. In: Dwyer, M. (eds) Model Checking Software. SPIN 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2057. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45139-0_13

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