The mCRL2 toolset for analysing concurrent systems: improvements in expressivity and usability

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    Abstract

    Reasoning about the correctness of parallel and distributed systems requires automated tools. By now, the mCRL2 toolset and language have been developed over a course of more than fifteen years. In this paper, we report on the progress and advancements over the past six years. Firstly, the mCRL2 language has been extended to support the modelling of probabilistic behaviour. Furthermore, the usability has been improved with the addition of refinement checking, counterexample generation and a user-friendly GUI. Finally, several performance improvements have been made in the treatment of behavioural equivalences. Besides the changes to the toolset itself, we cover recent applications of mCRL2 in software product line engineering and the use of domain specific languages (DSLs).

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationTools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems - 25th International Conference, TACAS 2019, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019, Proceedings
    EditorsTomáš Vojnar, Lijun Zhang
    Place of PublicationCham
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages21-39
    Number of pages19
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-17465-1
    ISBN (Print)978-3-030-17464-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019
    Event25th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems conference series, TACAS 2019 held as part of the 22nd European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019 - Prague, Czech Republic
    Duration: 6 Apr 201911 Apr 2019

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume11428 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    Conference25th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems conference series, TACAS 2019 held as part of the 22nd European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019
    Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
    CityPrague
    Period6/04/1911/04/19

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