Decidability of Parameterized Verification / by Roderick Bloem, Swen Jacobs, Ayrat Kalimov, Igor Konnov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bloem, Roderick., Author.

Jacobs, Swen., Author.

Kalimov, Ayrat., Author.

Konnov, Igor., Author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Distributed Computing Theory, 2155-1634

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer science.

Coding theory.

Information theory.

Data structures (Computer science).

Computer Science.

Coding and Information Theory.

Data Structures and Information Theory.

Local Subjects:

Computer Science.

Coding and Information Theory.

Data Structures and Information Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

Summary:

While the classic model checking problem is to decide whether a finite system satisfies a specification, the goal of parameterized model checking is to decide, given finite systems ����(n) parameterized by n ∈ ℕ, whether, for all n ∈ ℕ, the system ����(n) satisfies a specification. In this book we consider the important case of ����(n) being a concurrent system, where the number of replicated processes depends on the parameter n but each process is independent of n. Examples are cache coherence protocols, networks of finite-state agents, and systems that solve mutual exclusion or scheduling problems. Further examples are abstractions of systems, where the processes of the original systems actually depend on the parameter. The literature in this area has studied a wealth of computational models based on a variety of synchronization and communication primitives, including token passing, broadcast, and guarded transitions. Often, different terminology is used in the literature, and results are based on implicit assumptions. In this book, we introduce a computational model that unites the central synchronization and communication primitives of many models, and unveils hidden assumptions from the literature. We survey existing decidability and undecidability results, and give a systematic view of the basic problems in this exciting research area.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

System Model and Specification Languages

Standard Proof Machinery

Token-passing Systems

Rendezvous and Broadcast

Guarded Protocols

Ad Hoc Networks

Related Work

Parameterized Model Checking Tools

Conclusions

Bibliography

Authors' Biographies .

ISBN:

9783031020117

3031020111