Model Checking (book)
E241708
"Model Checking" is a foundational textbook that systematically presents the theory and practice of using automated verification techniques to prove correctness properties of hardware and software systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Model Checking (book) canonical | 2 |
| Model Checking | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2169591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Model Checking (book) Context triple: [Edmund M. Clarke, notableWork, Model Checking (book)]
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A.
Symbolic Model Checking
Symbolic Model Checking is a formal verification technique that uses symbolic representations, such as binary decision diagrams, to efficiently verify properties of hardware and software systems with very large state spaces.
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B.
Z3: An Efficient SMT Solver
Z3: An Efficient SMT Solver is a high-performance satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) solver widely used in program verification, formal methods, and automated reasoning.
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C.
CCS (Calculus of Communicating Systems)
CCS (Calculus of Communicating Systems) is a formal process calculus introduced by Robin Milner for modeling, specifying, and reasoning about concurrent, communicating systems in computer science.
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D.
Temporal Logic of Actions
Temporal Logic of Actions is a formal framework for specifying and reasoning about concurrent and distributed systems using temporal logic to describe system behaviors over time.
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E.
Hoare logic
Hoare logic is a formal system in computer science used to reason rigorously about the correctness of computer programs using logical assertions about program states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Model Checking (book) Target entity description: "Model Checking" is a foundational textbook that systematically presents the theory and practice of using automated verification techniques to prove correctness properties of hardware and software systems.
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A.
Symbolic Model Checking
Symbolic Model Checking is a formal verification technique that uses symbolic representations, such as binary decision diagrams, to efficiently verify properties of hardware and software systems with very large state spaces.
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B.
Z3: An Efficient SMT Solver
Z3: An Efficient SMT Solver is a high-performance satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) solver widely used in program verification, formal methods, and automated reasoning.
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C.
CCS (Calculus of Communicating Systems)
CCS (Calculus of Communicating Systems) is a formal process calculus introduced by Robin Milner for modeling, specifying, and reasoning about concurrent, communicating systems in computer science.
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D.
Temporal Logic of Actions
Temporal Logic of Actions is a formal framework for specifying and reasoning about concurrent and distributed systems using temporal logic to describe system behaviors over time.
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E.
Hoare logic
Hoare logic is a formal system in computer science used to reason rigorously about the correctness of computer programs using logical assertions about program states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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textbook ⓘ |
| aim | to present theory and practice of model checking ⓘ |
| author |
Doron Peled
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surface form:
Doron A. Peled
Edmund M. Clarke ⓘ Orna Grumberg ⓘ |
| covers | both theory and practice of model checking ⓘ |
| describes |
model checking algorithms
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state explosion problem ⓘ symbolic representations of state spaces ⓘ temporal logic semantics ⓘ verification of communication protocols ⓘ verification of concurrent systems ⓘ |
| emphasizes | automated verification techniques ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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formal methods ⓘ model checking ⓘ verification ⓘ |
| focus | finite-state model checking ⓘ |
| influenced | research in formal verification ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publisher | MIT Press ⓘ |
| topic |
CTL*
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surface form:
CTL
LTL ⓘ abstraction techniques ⓘ automata-theoretic model checking ⓘ automated verification ⓘ binary decision diagrams ⓘ branching-time temporal logic ⓘ compositional verification ⓘ fairness constraints ⓘ fairness properties ⓘ finite-state systems ⓘ hardware verification ⓘ linear-time temporal logic ⓘ liveness properties ⓘ mu-calculus ⓘ partial order reduction ⓘ safety properties ⓘ software verification ⓘ specification languages ⓘ state-space exploration ⓘ symbolic model checking ⓘ temporal logic ⓘ |
| use |
to prove correctness properties of hardware systems
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to prove correctness properties of software systems ⓘ |
| usedAs |
graduate-level textbook
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reference for researchers in model checking ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Model Checking (book) Description of subject: "Model Checking" is a foundational textbook that systematically presents the theory and practice of using automated verification techniques to prove correctness properties of hardware and software systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edmund M. Clarke
this entity surface form:
Model Checking