Hardware and software systems will inevitably grow in scale and functionality. Because of
this increase in complexity, the likelihood of subtle errors is much greater. Moreover, some of …

Dramatic improvements in SAT solver technology over the last decade and the growing
need for more efficient and scalable verification solutions have fueled research in …

Abstract Model checking is an automatic technique for verifying finite-state reactive systems,
such as sequential circuit designs and communication protocols. Specifications are …

Abstract Model checking is an automatic verification technique for hardware and software
systems that are finite state or have finite state abstractions. It has been used successfully to …

This book is about the verification of reactive systems. A reactive system is a system that
maintains an ongoing interaction with its environment, as opposed to computing some final …

Handbook of Knowledge Representation describes the essential foundations of Knowledge
Representation, which lies at the core of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The book provides an up …

This paper describes a new symbolic model checker, called NuSMV, developed as part of a
joint project between CMU and IRST. NuSMV is the result of the reengineering …

Formal methods for the specification and verification of hardware and software systems are
becoming more and more important as systems increase in size and complexity. The aim of …

Many stochastic planning problems can be represented using Markov Decision Processes
(MDPs). A difficulty with using these MDP representations is that the common algorithms for …

Most electronic systems, whether self contained or embedded, have a predominant digital
component consisting of a hardware platform which executes software application …