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Model Checking Contest 2026
16th edition, Hamburg, Germany, June 23, 2026
Execution of r002-oct2-177944366000149
Last Updated
Jun 17, 2026

About the Execution of ITS-Tools for Anderson-PT-04

Execution Summary
Max Memory
Used (MB)
Time wait (ms) CPU Usage (ms) I/O Wait (ms) Computed Result Execution
Status
407.575 4651.00 9001.00 80.30 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 normal

Execution Chart

We display below the execution chart for this examination (boot time has been removed).

Trace from the execution

Formatting '/data/sdalzilio/mcc2026-input.r002-oct2-177944366000149.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 extended_l2=off compression_type=zlib size=4294967296 backing_file=/data/sdalzilio/mcc2026-input.qcow2 backing_fmt=qcow2 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
Waiting for the VM to be ready (probing ssh)
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=====================================================================
Generated by BenchKit 2-5973
Executing tool itstools
Input is Anderson-PT-04, examination is UpperBounds
Time confinement is 3600 seconds
Memory confinement is 16384 MBytes
Number of cores is 4
Run identifier is r002-oct2-177944366000149
=====================================================================

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preparation of the directory to be used:
/home/mcc/execution
total 584K
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 8.1K Mar 4 18:01 CTLCardinality.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 88K Mar 4 18:01 CTLCardinality.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 6.4K Mar 4 18:01 CTLFireability.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 45K Mar 4 18:01 CTLFireability.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 4.1K Mar 15 07:02 LTLCardinality.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 30K Mar 15 07:02 LTLCardinality.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 3.0K Mar 15 07:02 LTLFireability.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 20K Mar 15 07:02 LTLFireability.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 15K Mar 4 18:01 ReachabilityCardinality.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 157K Mar 4 18:01 ReachabilityCardinality.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 8.3K Mar 4 18:01 ReachabilityFireability.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 50K Mar 4 18:01 ReachabilityFireability.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 1.6K Mar 15 07:02 UpperBounds.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 3.6K Mar 15 07:02 UpperBounds.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 6 Mar 3 18:30 equiv_col
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 3 Mar 3 18:30 instance
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 6 Mar 3 18:30 iscolored
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 103K Mar 3 18:30 model.pnml

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content from stdout:

=== Data for post analysis generated by BenchKit (invocation template)

The expected result is a vector of positive values
NUM_VECTOR

echo here is the order used to build the result vector(from xml file)
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-00
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-01
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-02
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-03
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-04
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-05
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-06
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-07
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-08
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-09
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-10
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-11
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-12
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-13
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-14
FORMULA_NAME Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-15

=== Now, execution of the tool begins

BK_START 1779461966278

Invoking MCC driver with
BK_TOOL=itstools
BK_EXAMINATION=UpperBounds
BK_BIN_PATH=/home/mcc/BenchKit/bin/
BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT=3600
BK_INPUT=Anderson-PT-04
BK_MEMORY_CONFINEMENT=16384
Not applying reductions.
Model is PT
UpperBounds PT
Running Version 202604301425
[2026-05-22 14:59:27] [INFO ] Running its-tools with arguments : [-pnfolder, /home/mcc/execution, -examination, UpperBounds, -its, -ltsmin, -greatspnpath, /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//greatspn/, -order, META, -manyOrder, -smt, -timeout, 3600]
[2026-05-22 14:59:27] [INFO ] Parsing pnml file : /home/mcc/execution/model.pnml
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Load time of PNML (sax parser for PT used): 98 ms
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Transformed 105 places.
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Transformed 200 transitions.
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Found NUPN structural information;
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Parsed PT model containing 105 places and 200 transitions and 752 arcs in 215 ms.
Parsed 16 properties from file /home/mcc/execution/UpperBounds.xml in 6 ms.
Current structural bounds on expressions (Initiallly, because the net is safe) : Max Seen:[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] Max Struct:[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
Current structural bounds on expressions (Before main loop) : Max Seen:[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] Max Struct:[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
Running PetriSpot : '/home/mcc/BenchKit/itstools/itstools/plugins/fr.lip6.petrispot.binaries_1.0.0.202604301425/bin/petri64' '--loadKERS=/tmp/petrispot-input-217109825434991097.kers' '--Pflows' '--basisKERS=/tmp/petrispot-output-1323985008006298534.kers'
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Running PetriSpot with arguments : [--loadKERS=/tmp/petrispot-input-217109825434991097.kers, --Pflows, --basisKERS=/tmp/petrispot-output-1323985008006298534.kers]
Culled 0 columns in 0 ms.
// Phase 1: matrix 200 rows 105 cols 720 entries
Finished phase 1 with 52 SingleSign rule and 42 generalized
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Computed 11 invariants in 1 ms
Computed 11 P flows in 2 ms.
Exported basis to /tmp/petrispot-output-1323985008006298534.kers
Total runtime 2 ms.
Current structural bounds on expressions (after invariants) : Max Seen:[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] Max Struct:[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
RANDOM walk for 10000 steps (2 resets) in 46 ms. (212 steps per ms)
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-15 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-14 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-13 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-12 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-11 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-10 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-09 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-08 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-07 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-06 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-05 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-04 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-03 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-02 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-00 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
BEST_FIRST walk for 10000 steps (2 resets) in 11 ms. (833 steps per ms)
Current structural bounds on expressions (after WALK) : Max Seen:[0] Max Struct:[1]
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Invariant cache hit.
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] [Real]Absence check using 5 positive place invariants in 10 ms returned sat
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] [Real]Absence check using 5 positive and 6 generalized place invariants in 12 ms returned sat
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] [Real]Absence check using state equation in 97 ms returned sat
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] State equation strengthened by 12 read => feed constraints.
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] [Real]Added 12 Read/Feed constraints in 11 ms returned sat
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Solution in real domain found non-integer solution.
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] [Nat]Absence check using 5 positive place invariants in 3 ms returned sat
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] [Nat]Absence check using 5 positive and 6 generalized place invariants in 5 ms returned sat
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] [Nat]Absence check using state equation in 54 ms returned sat
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] [Nat]Added 12 Read/Feed constraints in 3 ms returned sat
[2026-05-22 14:59:28] [INFO ] Computed and/alt/rep : 68/260/68 causal constraints (skipped 128 transitions) in 30 ms.
[2026-05-22 14:59:29] [INFO ] Added : 42 causal constraints over 9 iterations in 438 ms. Result :sat
Minimization took 203 ms.
Current structural bounds on expressions (after SMT) : Max Seen:[0] Max Struct:[1]
Current structural bounds on expressions (After Parikh guided walk) : Max Seen:[0] Max Struct:[1]
Support contains 1 out of 105 places. Attempting structural reductions.
Drop transitions (Removing consumers from one bounded place p1_3_6) removed 1 transitions
Starting structural reductions in REACHABILITY mode, iteration 0 : 105/105 places, 199/199 transitions.
Performed 12 Pre agglomeration using Quasi-Persistent + Divergent Free condition..
Pre-agglomeration after 0 with 12 Pre rules applied. Total rules applied 0 place count 105 transition count 187
Deduced a syphon composed of 12 places in 1 ms
Reduce places removed 12 places and 0 transitions.
Iterating global reduction 0 with 24 rules applied. Total rules applied 24 place count 93 transition count 187
Discarding 23 places :
Symmetric choice reduction at 0 with 23 rule applications. Total rules 47 place count 70 transition count 92
Iterating global reduction 0 with 23 rules applied. Total rules applied 70 place count 70 transition count 92
Applied a total of 70 rules in 57 ms. Remains 70 /105 variables (removed 35) and now considering 92/199 (removed 107) transitions.
Finished structural reductions in REACHABILITY mode , in 1 iterations and 67 ms. Remains : 70/105 places, 92/199 transitions.
Running PetriSpot : '/home/mcc/BenchKit/itstools/itstools/plugins/fr.lip6.petrispot.binaries_1.0.0.202604301425/bin/petri64' '--loadKERS=/tmp/petrispot-input-3716964117915059048.kers' '--Pflows' '--basisKERS=/tmp/petrispot-output-7795559263202080323.kers'
[2026-05-22 14:59:29] [INFO ] Running PetriSpot with arguments : [--loadKERS=/tmp/petrispot-input-3716964117915059048.kers, --Pflows, --basisKERS=/tmp/petrispot-output-7795559263202080323.kers]
Culled 0 columns in 0 ms.
// Phase 1: matrix 92 rows 70 cols 336 entries
Finished phase 1 with 16 SingleSign rule and 43 generalized
[2026-05-22 14:59:29] [INFO ] Computed 11 invariants in 1 ms
Computed 11 P flows in 1 ms.
Exported basis to /tmp/petrispot-output-7795559263202080323.kers
Total runtime 2 ms.
Current structural bounds on expressions (after invariants) : Max Seen:[0] Max Struct:[1]
RANDOM walk for 1000000 steps (39 resets) in 904 ms. (1104 steps per ms)
FORMULA Anderson-PT-04-UpperBounds-01 1 TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL BESTFIRST_WALK
BEST_FIRST walk for 1000001 steps (39 resets) in 372 ms. (2680 steps per ms)
Current structural bounds on expressions (after WALK) : Max Seen:[] Max Struct:[]
All properties solved without resorting to model-checking.
Total runtime 2997 ms.

BK_STOP 1779461970929

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content from stderr:

+ export BINDIR=/home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//../
+ BINDIR=/home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//../
++ pwd
+ export MODEL=/home/mcc/execution
+ MODEL=/home/mcc/execution
+ [[ UpperBounds = StateSpace ]]
+ /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//runeclipse.sh /home/mcc/execution UpperBounds -its -ltsmin -greatspnpath /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//greatspn/ -order META -manyOrder -smt -timeout 3600
+ ulimit -s 65536
+ [[ -z '' ]]
+ export LTSMIN_MEM_SIZE=8589934592
+ LTSMIN_MEM_SIZE=8589934592
++ sed s/.jar//
++ ls /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//itstools/plugins/fr.lip6.move.gal.application.pnmcc_1.0.0.202604301425.jar
++ perl -pe 's/.*\.//g'
+ VERSION=202604301425
+ echo 'Running Version 202604301425'
+ /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//itstools/its-tools -pnfolder /home/mcc/execution -examination UpperBounds -its -ltsmin -greatspnpath /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//greatspn/ -order META -manyOrder -smt -timeout 3600

Sequence of Actions to be Executed by the VM

This is useful if one wants to reexecute the tool in the VM from the submitted image disk.

set -x
# this is for BenchKit: configuration of major elements for the test
export BK_INPUT="Anderson-PT-04"
export BK_EXAMINATION="UpperBounds"
export BK_TOOL="itstools"
export BK_RESULT_DIR="/tmp/BK_RESULTS/OUTPUTS"
export BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT="3600"
export BK_MEMORY_CONFINEMENT="16384"
export BK_BIN_PATH="/home/mcc/BenchKit/bin/"

# this is specific to your benchmark or test

export BIN_DIR="$HOME/BenchKit/bin"

# remove the execution directoty if it exists (to avoid increse of .vmdk images)
if [ -d execution ] ; then
rm -rf execution
fi

# this is for BenchKit: explicit launching of the test
echo "====================================================================="
echo " Generated by BenchKit 2-5973"
echo " Executing tool itstools"
echo " Input is Anderson-PT-04, examination is UpperBounds"
echo " Time confinement is $BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT seconds"
echo " Memory confinement is 16384 MBytes"
echo " Number of cores is 4"
echo " Run identifier is r002-oct2-177944366000149"
echo "====================================================================="
echo
echo "--------------------"
echo "preparation of the directory to be used:"

tar xzf /home/mcc/BenchKit/INPUTS/Anderson-PT-04.tgz
mv Anderson-PT-04 execution
cd execution
if [ "UpperBounds" = "ReachabilityDeadlock" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "UpperBounds" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "QuasiLiveness" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "StableMarking" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "Liveness" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "OneSafe" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "StateSpace" ]; then
rm -f GenericPropertiesVerdict.xml
fi
pwd
ls -lh

echo
echo "--------------------"
echo "content from stdout:"
echo
echo "=== Data for post analysis generated by BenchKit (invocation template)"
echo
if [ "UpperBounds" = "UpperBounds" ] ; then
echo "The expected result is a vector of positive values"
echo NUM_VECTOR
elif [ "UpperBounds" != "StateSpace" ] ; then
echo "The expected result is a vector of booleans"
echo BOOL_VECTOR
else
echo "no data necessary for post analysis"
fi
echo
if [ -f "UpperBounds.xml" ] ; then # for cunf (txt files deleted;-)
echo echo "here is the order used to build the result vector(from xml file)"
for x in $(grep '' UpperBounds.xml | cut -d '>' -f 2 | cut -d '<' -f 1 | sort -u) ; do
echo "FORMULA_NAME $x"
done
elif [ "UpperBounds" = "ReachabilityDeadlock" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "QuasiLiveness" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "StableMarking" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "Liveness" ] || [ "UpperBounds" = "OneSafe" ] ; then
echo "FORMULA_NAME UpperBounds"
fi
echo
echo "=== Now, execution of the tool begins"
echo
echo -n "BK_START "
date -u +%s%3N
echo
timeout -s 9 $BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT bash -c "/home/mcc/BenchKit/BenchKit_head.sh 2> STDERR ; echo ; echo -n \"BK_STOP \" ; date -u +%s%3N"
if [ $? -eq 137 ] ; then
echo
echo "BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT_REACHED"
fi
echo
echo "--------------------"
echo "content from stderr:"
echo
cat STDERR ;