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| 2 |   print_ardc_options - print information about the ARDC options currently in | 
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| 3 |   use | 
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| 4 |      _________________________________________________________________ | 
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| 5 |  | 
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| 6 |    print_ardc_options [-h] [-H] | 
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| 7 |  | 
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| 8 |    Prints information about the current ARDC options. | 
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| 9 |  | 
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| 10 |    Command options: | 
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| 11 |  | 
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| 12 |    -h | 
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| 13 |           Print the command usage. | 
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| 14 |  | 
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| 15 |    -H | 
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| 16 |           Print the ARDC set command usage. | 
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| 17 |  | 
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| 18 |    Set parameters: The ARDC options are specified with the set command. | 
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| 19 |  | 
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| 20 |    ardc_traversal_method <method> | 
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| 21 |           Specify a method for approximate FSM traversal. | 
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| 22 |  | 
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| 23 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 24 |  | 
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| 25 |           0 : MBM (machine by machine). | 
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| 26 |  | 
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| 27 |           1 : RFBF(reached frame by frame). | 
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| 28 |  | 
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| 29 |           2 : TFBF(to frame by frame). | 
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| 30 |  | 
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| 31 |           3 : TMBM(combination of MBM and TFBF). | 
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| 32 |  | 
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| 33 |           4 : LMBM(least fixpoint MBM, default). | 
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| 34 |  | 
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| 35 |           5 : TLMBM(combination of LMBM and TFBF). | 
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| 36 |  | 
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| 37 |    ardc_group_size <size> | 
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| 38 |           Specify the number of latches per group for ARDCS. | 
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| 39 |  | 
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| 40 |           size must be a positive integer (default = 8). | 
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| 41 |  | 
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| 42 |    ardc_affinity_factor <affinity> | 
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| 43 |           Specify  affinity  factor  to  make  a  group  for  ARDCs.  The | 
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| 44 |           available  factor  is from 0.0(use only correlation) to 1.0(use | 
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| 45 |           only dependency). | 
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| 46 |  | 
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| 47 |           affinity must be a positive real (default = 0.5). | 
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| 48 |  | 
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| 49 |    ardc_max_iteration <iteration> | 
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| 50 |           Specify  the  maximum  iteration  count  during approximate FSM | 
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| 51 |           traversal. Default is 0 which means infinite. | 
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| 52 |  | 
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| 53 |           iteration must be a positive integer or zero. | 
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| 54 |  | 
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| 55 |    ardc_constrain_target <target> | 
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| 56 |           Specify where image constraining will be applied to. | 
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| 57 |  | 
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| 58 |           target must be one of the following: | 
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| 59 |  | 
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| 60 |           0 : constrain transition relation (default). | 
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| 61 |  | 
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| 62 |           1 : constrain initial states. | 
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| 63 |  | 
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| 64 |           2 : constrain both. | 
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| 65 |  | 
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| 66 |    ardc_constrain_method <method> | 
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| 67 |           Specify an image constraining method to compute ARDCs. | 
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| 68 |  | 
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| 69 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 70 |  | 
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| 71 |           0 : restrict (default). | 
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| 72 |  | 
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| 73 |           1 : constrain | 
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| 74 |  | 
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| 75 |           2 : compact (currently supported by only CUDD) | 
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| 76 |  | 
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| 77 |           3 : squeeze (currently supported by only CUDD) | 
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| 78 |  | 
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| 79 |    ardc_constrain_reorder <method> | 
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| 80 |           Specify   whether   to   enable   variable  reorderings  during | 
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| 81 |           consecutive image constraining operations. | 
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| 82 |  | 
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| 83 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 84 |  | 
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| 85 |           yes  :  allow  variable  reorderings  during  consecutive image | 
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| 86 |           constraining operations (default) | 
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| 87 |  | 
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| 88 |           no  : don't allow variable reorderings during consecutive image | 
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| 89 |           constraining operations | 
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| 90 |  | 
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| 91 |    ardc_abstract_pseudo_input <method> | 
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| 92 |           Specify  when  to  abstract  pseudo primary input variables out | 
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| 93 |           from transition relation. | 
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| 94 |  | 
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| 95 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 96 |  | 
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| 97 |           0 : do not abstract pseudo input variables | 
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| 98 |  | 
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| 99 |           1 : abstract pseudo inputs before image computation (default) | 
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| 100 |  | 
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| 101 |           2 : abstract pseudo inputs at every end of image computation | 
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| 102 |  | 
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| 103 |           3 : abstract pseudo inputs at the end of approximate traversal | 
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| 104 |  | 
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| 105 |    ardc_decompose_flag <method> | 
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| 106 |           Specify  whether to use decomposed approximate reachable states | 
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| 107 |           or single conjuncted reachable states. | 
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| 108 |  | 
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| 109 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 110 |  | 
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| 111 |           yes : keep decomposed reachable stateses (default) | 
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| 112 |  | 
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| 113 |           no : make a conjunction of reachable states of all submachines | 
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| 114 |  | 
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| 115 |    ardc_projected_initial_flag <method> | 
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| 116 |           Specify which initial states is going to be used. | 
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| 117 |  | 
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| 118 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 119 |  | 
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| 120 |           yes : use projected initial states for submachine (default) | 
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| 121 |  | 
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| 122 |           no : use original initial states for submachine | 
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| 123 |  | 
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| 124 |    ardc_image_method <method> | 
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| 125 |           Specify  image_mathod  during  computing  reachable  states  of | 
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| 126 |           submachines. | 
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| 127 |  | 
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| 128 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 129 |  | 
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| 130 |           monolithic : use monolithic image computation | 
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| 131 |  | 
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| 132 |           iwls95 : use iwls95 image computation (default) | 
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| 133 |  | 
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| 134 |           mlp : use mlp image computation | 
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| 135 |  | 
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| 136 |           tfm : use tfm image computation | 
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| 137 |  | 
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| 138 |           hybrid : use hybrid image computation | 
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| 139 |  | 
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| 140 |    ardc_use_high_density <method> | 
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| 141 |           Specify  whether  to  use  high  density in computing reachable | 
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| 142 |           states of submachines. | 
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| 143 |  | 
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| 144 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 145 |  | 
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| 146 |           yes : use High Density for reachable states of submachines | 
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| 147 |  | 
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| 148 |           no : use BFS for reachable states of submachines (default) | 
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| 149 |  | 
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| 150 |    ardc_reorder_ptr <method> | 
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| 151 |           Specify  whether  to  reorder  partitioned  transition relation | 
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| 152 |           after constraining fanin submachines. | 
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| 153 |  | 
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| 154 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 155 |  | 
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| 156 |           yes   :   whenever  partitioned  transition  relation  changes, | 
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| 157 |           reorders partitioned transition relation | 
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| 158 |  | 
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| 159 |           no : no reordering of partitioned transition relation (default) | 
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| 160 |  | 
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| 161 |    ardc_fanin_constrain_mode <method> | 
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| 162 |           Specify  which  method  will  be  used  in  constraining  fanin | 
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| 163 |           submachines. | 
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| 164 |  | 
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| 165 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 166 |  | 
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| 167 |           0  : constrain w.r.t. the reachable states of fanin submachines | 
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| 168 |           (default) | 
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| 169 |  | 
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| 170 |           1  :  constrain  w.r.t.  the  reachable  states  of  both fanin | 
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| 171 |           submachines and itself | 
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| 172 |  | 
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| 173 |    ardc_create_pseudo_var_mode <method> | 
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| 174 |           Specify  which  method  will  be  used  to  create pseudo input | 
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| 175 |           variables of submachines. | 
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| 176 |  | 
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| 177 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 178 |  | 
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| 179 |           0 : makes pseudo input variables with exact support (default) | 
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| 180 |  | 
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| 181 |           1  :  makes  pseudo input variables from all state variables of | 
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| 182 |           the other submachines | 
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| 183 |  | 
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| 184 |           2  :  makes  pseudo input variables from all state variables of | 
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| 185 |           fanin submachines | 
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| 186 |  | 
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| 187 |    ardc_lmbm_initial_mode <method> | 
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| 188 |           Specify  which  method  will  be used as initial states in LMBM | 
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| 189 |           computation. | 
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| 190 |  | 
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| 191 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 193 |           0 : use given initial states all the time | 
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| 194 |  | 
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| 195 |           1 : use current reached states as initial states (default) | 
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| 196 |  | 
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| 197 |           2 : use current frontier as initial states | 
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| 198 |  | 
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| 199 |    set ardc_mbm_reuse_tr <method> | 
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| 200 |           Specify   whether   to  reuse  already  constrained  transition | 
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| 201 |           relation for next iteratrion in MBM. | 
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| 202 |  | 
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| 203 |           method must be one of the following: | 
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| 204 |  | 
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| 205 |           yes : use constrained transition relation for next iteration | 
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| 206 |  | 
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| 207 |           no  :  use  original  transition  relation  for  next iteration | 
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| 208 |           (default) | 
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| 209 |  | 
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| 210 |    ardc_read_group <filename> | 
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| 211 |           Specify a filename containing grouping information | 
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| 212 |  | 
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| 213 |           filename containing grouping information | 
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| 214 |  | 
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| 215 |    ardc_write_group <filename> | 
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| 216 |           Specify a filename to write grouping information | 
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| 217 |  | 
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| 218 |           filename to write grouping information | 
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| 219 |  | 
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| 220 |    ardc_verbosity <verbosity> | 
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| 221 |           Specify  the  level  of  printing  information during computing | 
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| 222 |           ARDCs. | 
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| 223 |  | 
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| 224 |           verbosity must be 0 - 3 (default = 0). | 
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| 225 |  | 
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| 226 |    The  default settings correspond to the fast variants of LMBM and MBM. | 
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| 227 |    MBM  never  produces  a  more accurate approximation than LMBM for the | 
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| 228 |    same  state-space  decomposition. However, the corresponding statement | 
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| 229 |    does   not  hold  for  the  fast  versions.  (That  is,  FastMBM  will | 
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| 230 |    occasionally  outperform  FastLMBM.)  To  get  the  slower,  but  more | 
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| 231 |    accurate versions of LMBM and MBM use the following settings: | 
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| 232 |      * set ardc_constrain_method 1 | 
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| 233 |      * set ardc_constrain_reorder no | 
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| 234 |      * set ardc_abstract_pseudo_input 0 | 
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| 235 |      _________________________________________________________________ | 
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| 236 |  | 
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| 237 |    Last updated on 20050519 10h16 | 
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