| SPIN is the world's most popular, and arguably one of the world's most powerful, tools for detecting software defects
in concurrent system designs. Literally thousands of people have used SPIN since it was first introduced almost fifteen
years ago. The tool has been applied to everything from the verification of complex call processing software that is
used in telephone exchanges, to the validation of intricate control software for interplanetary spacecraft.
This is the most comprehensive reference guide to SPIN, written by the principal designer of the tool. It covers the
tool's specification language and theoretical foundation, and gives detailed advice on methods for tackling the most
complex software verification problems.
Design and verify both abstract and detailed verification models of complex systems software
Develop a solid understanding of the theory behind logic model checking
Become an expert user of the SPIN command line interface, the Xspin graphical user interface, and the
TimeLine editing tool
Learn the basic theory of omega automata, linear temporal logic, depth-first and breadth-first search, search
optimization, and model extraction from source code
The SPIN software was awarded the prestigious Software System Award by the Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM), which previously recognized systems such as UNIX, SmallTalk, TCP/IP, Tcl/Tk, and the World
Wide Web. |
