Constraint-Based Verification of Parameterized Cache Coherence Protocols

Formal Methods in System Design

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-301

  Delzanno, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abstractions; Cache coherence protocols; Constraints; Symbolic model checking

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CACHE COHERENCE PROTOCOLS; INFINITE-STATE SYSTEMS;

CACHE MEMORY;

EID: 0345446614     PISSN: 09259856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026276129010     Document Type: Article

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