Lessons Learned Model Checking an Industrial Communications Library
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Software Engineering Institute
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CMU/SEI-2005-TN-039DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6575129.v1Topic or Tag
Abstract
Model checking is a fully automated formal verification technology that can be used to determine whether models of software satisfy behavioral requirements in such areas as safety, reliability, and security. This report explores the packaging of model checking technology in a reasoning framework. The goal of a reasoning framework is to simplify the analysis of software designs by nonexperts. This report describes the application of such a reasoning framework to the design of an industrial communications library and the problems that were found. This report also notes the tasks that were unreasonably complex or time-consuming and concludes with thoughts on techniques that could be used to develop a model checking reasoning framework that better supports use by nonexperts.
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Ivers, J. (2005, September 1). Lessons Learned Model Checking an Industrial Communications Library. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2005-TN-039). Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575129.v1.
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title={Lessons Learned Model Checking an Industrial Communications Library},
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year={2005},
number={{CMU/SEI-2005-TN-039},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
doi={10.1184/R1/6575129.v1},
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Ivers, James. "Lessons Learned Model Checking an Industrial Communications Library." (CMU/SEI-2005-TN-039). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, September 1, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575129.v1.
J. Ivers, "Lessons Learned Model Checking an Industrial Communications Library," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-2005-TN-039, 1-Sep-2005 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575129.v1. [Accessed: 14-Sep-2026].
Ivers, James. "Lessons Learned Model Checking an Industrial Communications Library." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2005-TN-039). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Sep. 2005. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575129.v1. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.
Ivers, James. Lessons Learned Model Checking an Industrial Communications Library. CMU/SEI-2005-TN-039. Software Engineering Institute. 2005. DOI: 10.1184/R1/6575129.v1. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6575129.v1