LtlSharp aims at providing model checking feature as a library for easy integration with external tools.

The current implementation does not focus on efficiency (both in time and in space) but rather on providing basic features for proof-of-concept prototypes.

Any contribution is welcome.

• Transformations from LTL to Generalized Buchï Automata
  • GPVW Algorithm (Gerth, R., Peled, D., Vardi, M. Y., & Wolper, P. (1995). Simple on-the-fly automatic verification of linear temporal logic. In International Symposium on Protocol Specification, Testing and Verification. IFIP.)
  • LTL2Buchï Algorithm (Giannakopoulou, D., & Lerda, F. (2001). Efficient translation of LTL formulae into Büchi automata. Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS), Technical Report, 1.)
• Transformation from Generalized Buchi Automata to Buchi Automata
• Generation of LTL Monitors (Bauer, A., Leucker, M., & Schallhart, C. (2011). Runtime verification for LTL and TLTL. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 20(4), 14.)
• Emptiness Checkers
  • (not on-the-fly) Emptiness checker for BA and GBA
  • On-the-fly emptiness checker for BA and GBA

• Mono/.NET >= 4.0

The LtlSharp software has been developed by Antoine Cailliau (Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics – ICTEAM, UCL) under an open-source MIT license. For any question about licensing or usage in commercial or academic products, you can contact the Louvain Technology Transfer Office of UCL at ltto@uclouvain.be.

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