Equivalences, Abstraction, and Partial Order Reduction

This course introduces methods to utilize abstraction and partial order methods to reduce the complexity of their systems models. The equivalences introduced are based upon bisimulation and simulation relations. These concepts allow one to prove that a model is an abstraction (or simplification) of another model of the same system. Abstraction reduces the complexity of the system model while preserving the ability to correctly verify properties of the system. This course will also introduce the partial order method to further reduce model complexity during verification by enabling the stat…