Verification of scope-dependent hierarchical state machines

Information and Computation

Volumn 206, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1161-1177

  La Torre, Salvatore ^a   Napoli, Margherita ^a   Parente, Mimmo ^a   Parlato, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automata; Hierarchical state machines; Model checking; Temporal logic

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CANNING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FINITE AUTOMATA; MODEL CHECKING; SPECIFICATIONS;

ATOMIC PROPOSITIONS; AUTOMATA; CYCLE DETECTION; EXPONENTIAL FACTORS; FINITE STATE MACHINE; HIERARCHICAL STATE MACHINES; REACH ABILITY; STATE MACHINES; TEMPORAL LOGIC;

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EID: 50149099553     PISSN: 08905401     EISSN: 10902651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ic.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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