Computer–Aided Verification of Coordinating Processes – The Automata–Theoretic Approach (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover

Kurshan, Robert P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691634890 ISBN 13: 9780691634890

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Formal verification increasingly has become recognized as an answer to the problem of how to create ever more complex control systems, which nonetheless are required to behave reliably. To be acceptable in an industrial setting, formal verification must be highly algorithmic; to cope with design complexity, it must support a top-down design methodology that leads from an abstract design to its detailed implementation. That combination of requirements points directly to the widely recognized solution of automata-theoretic verification, on account of its expressiveness, computational complexity, and perhaps general utility as well.

This book develops the theory of automata-theoretic verification from its foundations, with a focus on algorithms and heuristics to reduce the computational complexity of analysis. It is suitable as a text for a one-or two-semester graduate course, and is recommended reading for anyone planning to use a verification tool, such as COSPAN or SMV. An extensive bibliography that points to the most recent sources, and extensive discussions of methodology and comparisons with other techniques, make this a useful resource for research or verification tool development, as well.

Originally published in 1995.

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Review

"A self-contained introduction for anyone familiar with the fundamentals of the theory of machines. The book is well indexed and contains a substantial bibliography, as well as pointing to the implementation of the verification techniques in the COSPAN system."--Computing Reviews

About the Author

Robert P. Kurshan is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in the Mathematics Research Center at AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691634890
• ISBN 13: 9780691634890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284