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Symbolic Model Checking: 10^20 States and Beyond (1992)
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@MISC{Burch92symbolicmodel,
author = {J. R. Burch and E. M. Clarke and K. L. McMillan and D. L. Dill and L. J. Hwang},
title = { Symbolic Model Checking: 10^20 States and Beyond},
year = {1992}
}
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Abstract
Many different methods have been devised for automatically verifying finite state systems by examining state-graph models of system behavior. These methods all depend on decision procedures that explicitly represent the state space using a list or a table that grows in proportion to the number of states. We describe a general method that represents the state space symbolical/y instead of explicitly. The generality of our method comes from using a dialect of the Mu-Calculus as the primary specification language. We describe a model checking algorithm for Mu-Calculus formulas that uses Bryant’s Binary Decision Diagrams (Bryant, R. E., 1986, IEEE Trans. Comput. C-35) to represent relations and formulas. We then show how our new Mu-Calculus model checking algorithm can be used to derive efficient decision procedures for CTL model checking, satistiability of linear-time temporal logic formulas, strong and weak observational equivalence of finite transition systems, and language containment for finite w-automata. The fixed point computations for each decision procedure are sometimes complex. but can be concisely expressed in the Mu-Calculus. We illustrate the practicality of our approach to symbolic model checking by discussing how it can be used to verify a simple synchronous pipeline circuit.
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symbolic model checking decision procedure ctl model checking finite state system finite transition system simple synchronous pipeline circuit state-graph model state space symbolical state space efficient decision procedure system behavior primary specification language general method mu-calculus formula finite w-automata bryant binary decision diagram linear-time temporal logic formula language containment ieee trans weak observational equivalence fixed point computation new mu-calculus model many different method
