A case study in model checking software systems

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 273-299

  Wing, Jeannette M ^a   Vaziri Farahani, Mandana ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstraction mappings; Cache coherence protocols; Distributed systems; Finite state machines; Model checking; Verification

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FINITE AUTOMATA; FORMAL LOGIC;

CACHE COHERENCE PROTOCOL; MODEL CHECKING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031124820     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-6423(96)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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