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Symbolic reachability analysis of extended automata

Algorithmic verification techniques based on symbolic reachability analysis have been developed for infinite-state extended automata. More precisely:

  1. New symbolic representation structures have been developed for the analysis of models based on automata extended with integer counters and real valued clocks as well as for models based on timed Petri nets.
  2. Efficient symbolic state-space exploration procedures have been developed for various classes of extended automata: pushdown automata (modeling mutually recursive procedures), automata with lossy FIFO queues, counter and clock automata with parametric guards. Classes of decidable extended automata have been determined, and powerful fixpoint acceleration techniques have been designed to help termination of the analysis in the undecidable cases.