Compositional Proof Systems for Model Checking Infinite State Processes

We present the first compositional proof system for checking processes against formulas in the modal μ-calculus which is capable of handling general infinite-state processes. The proof system is obtained in a systematic way from the operational semantics of the underlying process algebra. A non-trivial proof example is given, and the proof system is shown to be sound in general, and complete for finite-state processes.

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