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dc.contributor.authorHassanzadeh Ghaffari, Naghmeh
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-10 19:57:45 (GMT)
dc.date.available2009-02-10 19:57:45 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2009-02-10T19:57:45Z
dc.date.submitted2009-02
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/4275
dc.description.abstractMany important software systems, including communication protocols and concurrent and distributed algorithms generate infinite state-spaces. Model-checking which is the most prominent algorithmic technique for the verification of concurrent systems is restricted to the analysis of finite-state models. Algorithmic analysis of infinite-state models is complicated--most interesting properties are undecidable for sufficiently expressive classes of infinite-state models. In this thesis, we focus on the development of algorithmic analysis techniques for two important classes of infinite-state models: FIFO Systems and Parameterized Systems. FIFO systems consisting of a set of finite-state machines that communicate via unbounded, perfect, FIFO channels arise naturally in the analysis of distributed protocols. We study the problem of computing the set of reachable states of a FIFO system composed of piecewise components. This problem is closely related to calculating the set of all possible channel contents, i.e. the limit language. We present new algorithms for calculating the limit language of a system with a single communication channel and important subclasses of multi-channel systems. We also discuss the complexity of these algorithms. Furthermore, we present a procedure that translates a piecewise FIFO system to an abridged structure, representing an expressive abstraction of the system. We show that we can analyze the infinite computations of the more concrete model by analyzing the computations of the finite, abridged model. Parameterized systems are a common model of computation for concurrent systems consisting of an arbitrary number of homogenous processes. We study the reachability problem in parameterized systems of infinite-state processes. We describe a framework that combines Abstract Interpretation with a backward-reachability algorithm. Our key idea is to create an abstract domain in which each element (a) represents the lower bound on the number of processes at a control location and (b) employs a numeric abstract domain to capture arithmetic relations among variables of the processes. We also provide an extrapolation operator for the domain to guarantee sound termination of the backward-reachability algorithm.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectsoftware verificationen
dc.subjectinfinite-state modelsen
dc.subjectFIFO Systemsen
dc.subjectParameterized Systemsen
dc.subjectmodel-checkingen
dc.titleAlgorithmic Analysis of Infinite-State Systemsen
dc.typeDoctoral Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.subject.programComputer Scienceen
uws-etd.degree.departmentSchool of Computer Scienceen
uws-etd.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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