Scalable shared memory LTL model checking

International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-153

  Barnat, J ^a   Brim, L ^a   Rockai P ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Formal verification; LTL model checking; Parallel; Shared memory

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED MEMORY ALGORITHMS; FORMAL VERIFICATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES; LTL MODEL-CHECKING; MODEL CHECKER; MULTI-CORE SYSTEMS; REACHABILITY ANALYSIS; SHARED MEMORIES; SPEED-UPS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

MODEL CHECKING;

EID: 77952321957     PISSN: 14332779     EISSN: 14332787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10009-010-0136-z     Document Type: Article

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