Abstract.
We present an implementation of model checking for probabilistic and stochastic extensions of the
pi-calculus, a process algebra which supports modelling of concurrency and mobility. Formal verification
techniques for such extensions have clear applications in several domains, including mobile ad-hoc network
protocols, probabilistic security protocols and biological pathways. Despite this, no implementation of automated verification exists.
Building upon the pi-calculus model checker MMC, we first show an automated procedure for constructing
the underlying semantic model of a probabilistic or stochastic pi-calculus process.
This can then be verified using existing probabilistic model checkers such as PRISM. Secondly, we
demonstrate how for processes of a specific structure a more efficient, compositional approach is applicable,
which uses our extension of MMC on each parallel component of the system and then translates the results
into a high-level modular description for the PRISM tool. The feasibility of our techniques is demonstrated
through a number of case studies from the pi-calculus literature.
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