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      A Comparison of Three Model Checkers Applied to a Distributed Database Problem

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      4th Irish Workshop on Formal Methods (IWFM)
      Formal Methods
      5th-6th July 2000
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            Abstract

            Increasingly, model checking is being applied to more abstract problem domains than the tradi-tional protocol analysis. The extent to which such an approach is able to provide useful insight into the problem domain depends to a large degree on the nature of the tool used. This paper reports the results of a study using three different model checkers, which differ widely in their specification language, internal implementation, and facilities for specifying correctness properties. An abstract model of an industrial distributed database application has been studied using the three tools. A detailed model of the application using each of the tools is presented, and the extent to which each tool allows us to investigate interesting properties of the problem domain is compared. Some conclusions are drawn regarding the usefulness of model checking at an abstract level and the importance of selecting a tool appropriate to the nature of the problem.

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            Conference
            July 2000
            July 2000
            : 1-11
            Affiliations
            [0001]Department of Electronics and Computer Science

            University of Southampton, UK
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/IWFM2000.1
            29faf8dc-3c11-472b-8346-b70fbc465ff9
            © Andrew J Currie. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. 4th Irish Workshop on Formal Methods

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            4th Irish Workshop on Formal Methods
            IWFM
            4
            Maynooth, Ireland
            5th-6th July 2000
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Formal Methods
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction

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