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We propose a mechanised strategy to turn an infinite CSP Z process (formed of CSP and Z constructs) into one suitable for model checking. This strategy integrates two theories which allow us to consider the infiniteness of CSP Z as two separate problems: data independence for handling the behavioural aspect and abstract interpretation for handling the data structure aspect. A distinguishing feature of our approach to abstract interpretation is the generation of the abstract domains based on a symbolic execution of the process.
This work was financially supported by CNPq grant 143720/98-8.
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Mota, A., Borba, P., Sampaio, A. (2002). Mechanical Abstraction of CSP Z Processes. In: Eriksson, LH., Lindsay, P.A. (eds) FME 2002:Formal Methods—Getting IT Right. FME 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2391. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45614-7_10
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