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Model Checking Mutual Exclusion Algorithms Using Uppaal

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Software Engineering Perspectives and Application in Intelligent Systems ( ICTIS 2017, CSOC 2016)

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This paper proposes an approach to modelling and exhaustive verification of mutual exclusion algorithms which is based on Timed Automata in the context of the popular Uppaal toolbox. The approach makes it possible to study the properties of a mutual exclusion algorithm also in the presence of the time dimension. For demonstration purposes some historical algorithms are modelled and thoroughly analyzed, going beyond some informal reasoning reported in the literature. The paper also proposes a mutual exclusion algorithm for \( N \ge 2 \) processes whose model checking confirms it satisfies all the required properties.

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    The contribution of Domenico Spezzano to the design of this algorithm is acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Informatics, Modelling, Electronics and Systems Science (DIMES), University of Calabria, Rende, CS, Italy

    Franco Cicirelli, Libero Nigro & Paolo F. Sciammarella

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Cicirelli, F., Nigro, L., Sciammarella, P.F. (2016). Model Checking Mutual Exclusion Algorithms Using Uppaal. In: Silhavy, R., Senkerik, R., Oplatkova, Z.K., Silhavy, P., Prokopova, Z. (eds) Software Engineering Perspectives and Application in Intelligent Systems. ICTIS CSOC 2017 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 465. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33622-0_19

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