In recent years, model checking has become an essential technique for the formal verification of systems. With a clarity of presentation and its many illuminating examples, this book makes this technical material easy to grasp. It is perfectly suited for an advanced undergraduate or graduate class in formal verification and will serve as a valuable resource to practitioners of formal methods.

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Processes Modalities and Capabilities Bisimulations Temporal Properties Modal Mu-Calculus Verifying Temporal Properties Exposing Structure References