A static communication elimination algorithm for distributed system verification

Abstract

A schema of communication elimination laws for distributed programs and systems is mathematically justified in a new equivalence, which was introduced in a recent work. A complete set of applicability conditions is derived for them. A formal communication elimination algorithm, applying the laws as reductions, is mathematically justified for an important class of distributed programs and systems, whose communications are outside the scope of selections. The analysis provides the basis for extensions to general statements. State-vector reduction stands as one of the motivations for this static analysis approach. It has already been applied in an equivalence proof of a non-trivial pipelined distributed system, reported in prior works. The state-vector reduction obtained in this proof, yielding a reduction factor of 2 -607 for the upper-bound on the number of states, is presented in this communication. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.