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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2004
Applicants:
Anthony D. Andrews, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shaz Qadeer, Seattle, WA (US);
Niels Jakob Rehof, Redmond, WA (US);
Sriram K. Rajamani, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yichen Xie, Standford, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony D. Andrews, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shaz Qadeer, Seattle, WA (US);
Niels Jakob Rehof, Redmond, WA (US);
Sriram K. Rajamani, Bellevue, WA (US);
Yichen Xie, Standford, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The state space of modeled software can be explored using an object-based systematic state explorer. The object-based model can perform well even in light of the complexities of concurrent software. During state space exploration, differences between states can be stored instead of storing a complete copy of the state.