Partial-Order Reduction In Model Checking Object-Oriented Petri Nets

The main problem being faced in finite-state model checking is the state space explosion problem. For coping with it, many advanced methods for reducing state spaces have been proposed. One of the most successful methods (especially when dealing with software systems) is the so-called partial-order reduction. In the paper, we examine how this method can be used in the context of object-oriented Petri nets, which bring in features like dynamic instantiation, late binding, garbage collection, etc.