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This paper describes three program transformations that extend the scope of model checkers for Java programs to include distributed programs, i.e., multi-process programs. The transformations combine multiple processes into a single process, replace remote method invocations (RMIs) with local method invocations that simulate RMIs, and replace cryptographic operations with symbolic counterparts.
This work is supported in part by NSF under Grant CCR-9876058 and by ONR under grants N00014-99-1-0132, N00014-99-1-0358, and N00014-01-1-0109.
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Stoller, S.D., Liu, Y.A. (2001). Transformations for model checking distributed java programs. In: Dwyer, M. (eds) Model Checking Software. SPIN 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2057. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45139-0_12
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