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Verification of Reactive Systems
Gates 498. MW 11:00 - 12:15
(Spring quarter 1999)
Description
This course covers specification and verification of reactive systems,
including real-time and hybrid systems.
Verification methods are discussed for proving that such
reactive systems meet their specifications, with emphasis on methods
that combine deductive and algorithmic techniques.
Course information:
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Instructors:
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Zohar Manna
- Office: Gates 481
- Office Phone: 723-4364.
- E-mail
manna@cs.stanford.edu
- Office hours: by appointment
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Henny Sipma
- Office: Gates 460
- Office Phone: 723-1809
- E-mail:
sipma@cs.stanford.edu
- Office Hours: by appointment
Secretary: Maggie McLoughlin
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- E-mail:
maggie.mcloughlin@cs.stanford.edu
- Office Location: Gates 461
- Office Phone: 725-2340
Textbooks:
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optional:
- Zohar Manna and Amir Pnueli,
Temporal Verification of Reactive
Systems. Safety,
- Springer Verlag 1995.
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optional:
- Zohar Manna and Amir Pnueli,
The Temporal Logic of Reactive and Concurrent
Systems, Springer Verlag 1991.
Topics covered:
- Diagram-based verification
- Abstraction techniques
- Modular verification
- Parameterized programs.
- Verification of real-time and hybrid systems.
Homeworks and exams:
- There will be no homeworks and no exams. Students are
expected to do a project.