
Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Model Checking. 3. Symbolic Model Checking. 4. The SMV System. 5. A Distributed Cache Protocol. 6. Mu-Calculus Model Checking. 7. Induction and Model Checking. 8. Equivalence Computations. 9. A Partial Order Apporach. 10. Conclusion. References...

Formal verification means having a mathematical model of a system, a language for specifying desired properties of the system in a concise, comprehensible and unambiguous way, and a method of proof to verify that the specified properties are satisfied. When the method of proof...