1998-12-12 17:17:48 -05:00
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Spin is an efficient on-the-fly verification system
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(a `model checker') for asynchronous concurrent systems,
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such as data communication protocols, distributed operating
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systems, database systems, etc.
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It can be used to prove both safety and liveness properties,
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including all correctness requirements expressible in linear
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time temporal logic.
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1999-06-24 23:51:43 -04:00
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Spin uses a high level language to specify systems descriptions,
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called PROMELA (PROcess MEta LAnguage).
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