Model Checking of Concurrent Object-Oriented Systems (original) (raw)

Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications, 2000

Abstract

Model checking is a formal verification technique which checks the consistency between a requirement specification and a behavior model of the system by explorating the state space of the model. We apply model checking to the formal verification of the concurrent object-oriented system, using an existing model checker SPIN which has been successful in verifying concurrent systems. First, we propose an Actor-based modeling language, called APromela, by extending the modeling language Promela which is a modeling language supported in SPIN. APromela supports not only all the primitives of Promela, but additional primitives needed to model concurrent object-oriented systems, such as class definition, object instantiation, message send, and synchronization.Second, we provide translation rules for mapping APromela's such modeling primitives to Promela's. As an application of APromela, we suggest a verification method for UML models. By giving an example of specification, translation, and verification, we also demonstrate the applicability of our proposed approach, and discuss the limitations and further research issues.

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