Editing Program analysis (section)

=== Model checking ===
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Model checking refers to strict, formal, and automated ways to check if a ''model'' (which in this context means a formal model of a piece of code, though in other contexts it can be a model of a piece of hardware) complies with a given specification. Due to the inherent finite-state nature of code, and both the specification and the code being convertible into [[logical formula|logical formulae]], it is possible to check if the system violates the specification using efficient algorithmic methods.