Date of Award

2013

Publisher

North Dakota State University

Document Type

Master's Paper

Degree Awarded

Master of Science (MS)

Program

Computer Science

Department

Computer Science

College

Engineering

Faculty Advisor

Nygard, Kendall

Description

The SPIN (Simple PROMELA Interpreter) model checker is a verification system used to check high-level models of concurrent systems and improve the overall system’s performance. The SPIN model checker takes the PROMELA model as input and verifies the properties or system requirements to check for any errors in the system’s design based on the system requirements. The MACT (Model-based Aspect/Class Checking and Testing tool) has an excellent testing approach. The SPIN is added to the MACT to strengthen the results delivered by the MACT for a given aspect-oriented model. This paper discusses SPIN model implementation for the MACT tool and how SPIN technology is embedded into the MACT tool to check the syntax correctness of the state models. This paper also discusses the conversion of class models into PROMELA models and checks the design-level correctness of the PROMELA model in the MACT tool with respect to the system’s requirements.

Rights

NDSU Policy 190.6.2

Rights Link

https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf

Handle Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/10365/23105

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