Sequential and Parallel Algorithms for the State Space Exploration

Lamia Allal; Ghalem Belalem; Philippe Dhaussy; Ciprian Teodorov

doi:10.1515/cait-2016-0001

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Sequential and Parallel Algorithms for the State Space Exploration

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

Volume 16 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)

By: Lamia Allal, Ghalem Belalem, Philippe Dhaussy and Ciprian Teodorov

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|Apr 2016

Abstract

In this article, we are interested in the exploration part of model checking which consists in traversing all the possible states of a system. We propose two approaches to exploration, parallel and sequential. We present a comparison between our parallel approach and the parallel algorithm proposed in SPIN.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2016-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702 (formerly 1314-4081)

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Language: English

Page range: 3 - 18

Published on: Apr 9, 2016

Published by: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies

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Keywords:

Model checking,

state explosion problem,

sequential exploration,

parallel exploration

Related subjects:

Computer sciences,

Information technology

© 2016 Lamia Allal, Ghalem Belalem, Philippe Dhaussy, Ciprian Teodorov, published by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
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Volume 16 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)