Finite countermodels as invariants. A case study in verification of parameterized mutual exclusion protocol

Alexei Lisitsa

doi:10.29007/gt85

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Finite countermodels as invariants. A case study in verification of parameterized mutual exclusion protocol

2 pages•Published: June 22, 2012

Alexei Lisitsa

Abstract

We present a case study of the verification of parameterized mutual exclusion protocol using finite model finder Mace4. Thhe verification follows an approach based on modeling of reachability between states of the protocol as deducibility between appropriate encodings of states by first-order predicate logic formulae. The result of successful verification is a finite countermodel, a witness of non-deducibility, which represents a system invariant.

Keyphrases: finite model finders, first-order predicate logic, infinite-state systems, parameterized systems

In: Andrei Voronkov, Laura Kovács and Nikolaj Bjorner (editors). WING 2010. Workshop on Invariant Generation 2010, vol 1, pages 150--151

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/5dM
	https://doi.org/10.29007/gt85

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{WING2010:Finite_countermodels_as_invariants.,
  author    = {Alexei Lisitsa},
  title     = {Finite countermodels as invariants. A case study in verification of parameterized mutual exclusion protocol},
  booktitle = {WING 2010. Workshop on Invariant Generation 2010},
  editor    = {Andrei Voronkov and Laura Kovacs and Nikolaj Bjorner},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Computing},
  volume    = {1},
  pages     = {150--151},
  year      = {2012},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-7340},
  url       = {https://easychair.org/publications/paper/5dM},
  doi       = {10.29007/gt85}}

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