28、Symbolic Model Checking in Database Systems

Symbolic Model Checking in Database Systems

1. Introduction to Symbolic Model Checking

Symbolic Model Checking is a powerful technique used in formal verification to ensure the correctness of hardware and software systems. Unlike traditional model checking, which explicitly enumerates all states, symbolic model checking uses compact data structures like Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) to represent and manipulate state spaces efficiently. This allows for handling large and complex systems that would otherwise be infeasible to analyze due to the state explosion problem.

Key Concepts

• Formal Verification : Ensuring that a system behaves as expected according to a formal specification.
• State Space <