Verification of Reactive Systems Formal Methods and Algorithms

From the reviews:

"The book starts with an introduction to formal methods in system design, talking about taxonomy and a classification of formal methods and systems. … Then the author introduces what he calls a unified specification language, which is propositional µ-calculus based on Kripke structure simulation, bisimulation and also quotient structures and products of Kripke structures. … it is a very helpful book that can be used both as a basis for a lecturer and as a handbook for learning about verification issues." (Manfred Broy, Mathematical Reviews, 2006 d)

"Verification of Reactive Systems deals very much with the fundamental theory of its subject matter, namely automata, temporal logic, and model checking. … is focused … systematic, and thorough. This makes it very suitable for a graduate course on selected topics on formal methods. It would also be highly useful as a general reference in logic and automata theory … . is a remarkable achievement, and fills, in book-form, a glaring gap in the literature. I heartily recommend it to every serious formal methods theoretician.” (Joel Ouaknine, Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, Vol. 15 (3), 2005)

"This book is in the series on theoretical computer science. … The book classifies systems into transformational systems, interactive systems, and reactive systems. … can be kept as a reference for theories on verification of computing systems, especially finite state formalisms. The book is complete with respect to its concepts, and explanations. The research oriented readers can find the book useful … . For theory oriented readers, the flow of chapters is smooth. … On the whole, the book is well written … ." (Maulik A. Dave, SIGACT News, Vol. 37 (4), 2006)