Abstract
The classical model for concurrent systems is based on observing execution sequences of global states, separated from each other by atomic transitions. This model is intuitively simple and enjoys a variety of mathematical tools, e.g., finite automata and linear temporal logic, and algorithms that can be applied in order to test and verify concurrent systems. Although this model is sufficient for most frequently used validation tasks, some phenomena of concurrent systems are difficult to express using its related formalisms. In particular, not all the global states (snapshots) related to an execution appear on a particular execution sequence; some appear on equivalent sequences. Previous attempts to move into formalisms that are based on a more detailed model of execution, e.g,. the causality based model, resulted in specification formalisms with inherently high complexity verification algorithms. We study here verification problems that involve allowing the execution sequences model to observe past global states from equivalent executions. We show various algorithms and complexity results related to our extension of the interleaving model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 510-525 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Volume | 3440 |
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| State | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 11th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2005, held as part of the Joint European Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2005 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Apr 2005 → 8 Apr 2005 |