Checking Inherently Fair Linear-Time Properties in a Non-Näıve Way

Thierry Nicola, Frank Nießner, Ulrich Ultes-Nitsche

2008

Abstract

In [9], an alternative verification relation for linear-time properties is introduced which uses an inherent fairness condition. That relation is specifically tailored to the verification of distributed systems under a relaxed version of strong fairness. We will call it the inherently fair linear-time verification relation in this paper, or IFLTV relation for short. We present an analysis of the mathematical structure of the IFLTV relation, which enables us to obtain an improved non-naïve procedure for checking the IFLTV relation.

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Nicola T., Nießner F. and Ultes-Nitsche U. (2008). Checking Inherently Fair Linear-Time Properties in a Non-Näıve Way . In Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-43-2, pages 49-58. DOI: 10.5220/0001736600490058


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@conference{msvveis08,
author={Thierry Nicola and Frank Nießner and Ulrich Ultes-Nitsche},
title={Checking Inherently Fair Linear-Time Properties in a Non-Näıve Way},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={49-58},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001736600490058},
isbn={978-989-8111-43-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: MSVVEIS, (ICEIS 2008)
TI - Checking Inherently Fair Linear-Time Properties in a Non-Näıve Way
SN - 978-989-8111-43-2
AU - Nicola T.
AU - Nießner F.
AU - Ultes-Nitsche U.
PY - 2008
SP - 49
EP - 58
DO - 10.5220/0001736600490058