Expand, enlarge, and check: new algorithms for the coverability problem of WSTS

  • Authors:
  • Gilles Geeraerts;Jean-François Raskin;Laurent Van Begin

  • Affiliations:
  • DI, Université Libre de Bruxelles;DI, Université Libre de Bruxelles;DI, Université Libre de Bruxelles

  • Venue:
  • FSTTCS'04 Proceedings of the 24th international conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a general algorithmic schema called “Expand, Enlarge and Check” from which new efficient algorithms for the coverability problem of WSTS can be constructed. We show here that our schema allows us to define forward algorithms that decide the coverability problem for several classes of systems for which the Karp and Miller procedure cannot be generalized, and for which no complete forward algorithms were known. Our results have important applications for the verification of parameterized systems and communication protocols.