A state space distribution approach based on system behaviour. (26th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bensetira, Imene; Saidouni, Djamel Eddine; Alamin, Mahfud Al-la
• Is Part Of: International journal of computational science and engineering. Volume 19:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 418
• Page End: 429
• Publication Date: 2019-07-26
• Subjects: model checking -- combinatorial state space explosion -- distributed state space construction -- graph distribution -- system behaviour -- distributed algorithms -- reachability analysis; Computer science -- Mathematics -- Periodicals; Computer simulation -- Mathematical aspects -- Periodicals; Computational intelligence -- Periodicals; 004.015105
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-7185

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel approach to deal with the state space explosion problem occurring in model checking. We propose an offline algorithm for distributed state space construction. That is carried out by reviewing the behaviour of the constructed system and redistributing the state space according to the accumulated information about the optimal considered behaviour. Therefore, the distribution will be guided by the system's behaviour. The proposed policy maintains the spatial-time balance. The simulation and implementation of our system are based on a multi-agent technique which fits very well the development of distributed systems. The experimental measures performed on a cluster of machines have shown very promising results for both workload balance and communication overhead.