Gomez, Rodolfo and Bowman, Howard (2007) Efficient Detection of Zeno Runs in Timed Automata. In: Raskin, J.-F. and Thiagarajan, P.S., eds. Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems 5th International Conference. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 195-210. ISBN 978-3-540-75453-4. E-ISBN 978-3-540-75454-1. (doi:10.1007/978-3-540-75454-1_15) (KAR id:14538)
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Abstract
Zeno runs, where infinitely many actions occur in finite time, may inadvertently arise in timed automata specifications. Zeno runs may compromise the reliability of formal verification, and few model-checkers provide the means to deal with them: this usually takes the form of liveness checks, which are computationally expensive. As an alternative, we describe here an efficient static analysis to assert absence of Zeno runs on Uppaal networks; this is based on Tripakis's strong non-Zenoness property, and identifies all loops in the automata graphs where Zeno runs may possibly occur. If such unsafe loops are found, we show how to derive an abstract network that over-approximates the loop behaviour. Then, liveness checks may assert absence of Zeno runs in the original network, by exploring the reduced state space of the abstract network. Experiments show that this combined approach may be much more efficient than running liveness checks on the original network.
Item Type: | Book section |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1007/978-3-540-75454-1_15 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Zeno Runs, Timed Automata, Model-checking, Uppaal |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming, |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing |
Depositing User: | Mark Wheadon |
Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2008 18:04 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 09:49 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/14538 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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