Mohammad Reza Mousavi's Publications

2024

R.H. Ramos, A. Simao, and M.R. Mousavi. Causal Model Discovery in Cancer Guided by Cellular Pathways. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB 2024). Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Springer, 2024.
Y. Xiao, J.M. Zhang, Y. Liu, M.R. Mousavi, S. Liu, and D. Xue. MirrorFair: Fixing Fairness Bugs in Machine Learning Software via Counterfactual Predictions. Proceedings of the 32nd ACM Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2024), ACM Press, 2024.
G. Pontolillo and M.R. Mousavi. Delta Debugging for Property-Based Regression Testing of Quantum Programs. Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering (Q-SE 2024), held at ICSE 2024. ACM/IEEE 2024.
U.C. Turker, R.M. Hierons, K. El-Fakih, M.R. Mousavi, and I.Y. Tyukin. Accelerating Finite State Machine-Based Testing using Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 50(3): 574-597, 2024.
S. Entekhabi, W. Mostowski, and M.R. Mousavi. Automated and Efficient Test-Generation for Grid-Based Multiagent Systems. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methods (ACM TOSEM), 33(1): 12:1-12:32, 2024.
D. B. Abeywickrama, A. Bennaceur, G. Chance, Y. Demiris, A. Kordoni, M. Levine, L. Moffat, L. Moreau, M.R. Mousavi, B. Nuseibeh, S. Ramamoorthy, J.O. Ringert, J. Wilson, S. Windsor and K. Eder. On Specifying for Trustworthiness. Communications of the ACM, 67(1):98–109, January 2024.

2023

L. Aceto, P. Crescenzi, A. Ingólfsdóttir, and M. R. Mousavi. The Way We Were: Structural Operational Semantics Research in Perspective. (Invited Paper) Combined 30th International Workshop on Expressiveness in Concurrency and 20th Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (EXPRESS/SOS 2023). Affiliated with CONCUR 2023. Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 2023. (In Press.)
H. Araujo, M.R. Mousavi, and M. Varshosaz. Testing, Validation, and Verification of Robotic and Autonomous Systems: A Systematic Review. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methods (ACM TOSEM), 51:1-51:61 (2023).
M. Sarda Gou, G. Lakatos, P. Holthaus, B. Robins, S. Moros, L. Jai Wood, H. Araujo, C. A. E. deGraft-Hanson, M. R. Mousavi, F. Amirabdollahian. Kaspar Explains: The Effect of Causal Explanations on Visual Perspective Taking Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023), IEEE, 2023.
M.E. Akintunde, M. Brandao, G. Jahangirova, H. Menendez, M.R. Mousavi, and J. Zhang. On Testing Ethical Autonomous Decision-Making In Applicable Formal Methods for Safe Industrial Products, Essays Dedicated to Jan Peleska on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. LNCS vol. 14165, pp. 3-15. Springer, 2023.
F. Labbaf, H. Hojjat, J.F. Groote and M.R. Mousavi. Compositional Learning for Interleaving Parallel Automata. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures (FoSSaCS 2023), Paris France, 2023.
M.R. Mousavi, A. Cavalcanti, M. Fisher, L. Dennis, R. Hierons, B. Kaddouh, E.L. Law, R. Richardson, J.O. Ringert, I. Tyukin, and J. Woodcock. Trustworthy Autonomous Systems through Verifiability. IEEE Computer 56(2): 40-47, 2023.

2022

H. Araujo, P. Holthaus, M, Sarda Gou, G, Lakatos, G. Galizia, L. Wood, B. Robins, M.R. Mousavi, and F. Amirabdollahian. Kaspar Causally Explains, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2022.
Sh. Tavassoli, C. D. Damasceno, R. Khosravi, and M.R. Mousavi. Adaptive Behavioral Model Learning for Software Product Lines. Proceedings of the 26th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2022), pp. 142-153, ACM Press, 2022. (Best paper award)
M. Sarda Gou, G. Lakatos, P. Holthaus, L. Jai Wood, M.R. Mousavi, B. Robins, and F. Amirabdollahian. Towards understanding causality – a retrospective study of using explanations in interactions between a humanoid robot and autistic children. Proceedings of the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022), IEEE, 2022.
G. Pontolillo and M.R. Mousavi. A Multi-Lingual Benchmark for Property-Based Testing of Quantum Programs. Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering (Q-SE 2022), held at ICSE 2022. ACM/IEEE 2022.
G. Caltais, H. Hojjat, M.R. Mousavi, H.C. Tunc. DyNetKAT: An Algebra of Dynamic Networks. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures (FOSSACS 2022), Advanced Research in Computing and Software Science (ARCoSS) Series, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 2022. (Nominated for the EASST best paper)
Z. Moezkarimi, F. Ghassemi, and M.R. Mousavi. A Policy-Aware Epistemic Framework for Social Networks. Journal of Logic and Computation, 32(6): 1234-1271 (2022).
S. Biewer, R. Dimitrova, M. Fries, M. Gazda, T. Heinze, H. Hermanns, M.R. Mousavi. Conformance Relations and Hyperproperties for Doping Detection in Time and Space. Logical Methods in Computer Science, 18(1), pp. 14:1--14:39, 2022.

2021

U. Turker, R. Hierons, M.R. Mousavi, and I. Tyukin. Efficient state synchronisation in model-based testing through reinforcement learning. Proceedings of the 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2021). IEEE/ACM, 2021.
S. Entekhabi, W. Mostowski, M.R. Mousavi and T. Arts. Locality-based Test Selection for Autonomous Agents. Proceedings of the 33rd IFIP International Conference on Testing Software and Systems (ICTSS 2021). Lecture Notes in Computer Sciencem Springer, 2021.
C.D. Damasceno, M.R. Mousavi, and A. Simao. Learning by Sampling: Learning Behavioral Family Models from Software Product Lines. Empirical Software Engineering, 26(1): 4, 2021.

2020

H. Araujo, T. Hoenselaar, M.R. Mousavi, and A. Vinel. Connected Automated Driving: A Model-Based Approach to the Analysis of Basic Awareness Services. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2020). IEEE, 2020.
M. Gazda and M.R. Mousavi. Logical Characterisation of Hybrid Conformance. Proceedings of the 47th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP 2020), LIPIcs Series, 2020.
R. Dimitrova, M. Gazda, M.R. Mousavi, S. Biewer and H. Hermanns. Conformance-Based Doping Detection for Cyber-Physical Systems. Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems (FORTE 2020). Springer, 2020.
Sh. Honarvar, M.R. Mousavi, and R. Nagarajan. Property-based Testing of Quantum Programs in Q# Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Quantum Software Engineering (Q-SE 2020), Workshop of ICSE 2020, IEEE CS / ACM, 2020.
G. Caltais, M.R. Mousavi and H. Singh. Causal Reasoning for Safety in Hennessy Milner Logic. Fundamenta Informaticae, 173(2-3): 217-251, 2020.

2019

C.D. Nascimento Damasceno, M.R. Mousavi and A. Simao. Learning to Reuse: Adaptive Model Learning for Evolving Systems. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on integrated Formal Methods (iFM 2019). Springer, 2019.
H. L. S. Araujo, C.D.N. Damasceno, R. Dimitrova, G. Kefalidou, M. Mehtarizadeh, M.R. Mousavi, J. Onime, J.O. Ringert, and J.M. Rojas. Trusted Autonomous Vehicles: an Interactive Exhibit. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Data Science and Computational Intelligence (DSCI-2019). IEEE, 2019.
H. Araujo, G. Carvalho, M.R. Mousavi and A. Sampaio. Multi-objective search for effective testing of Cyber-Physical Systems. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM 2019). Springer, 2019.
M. Varshosaz, L. Luthmann, P. Mohr, M. Lochau, M.R. Mousavi. Modal Transition System Encoding of Featured Transition Systems. Journal of Logic and Algebraic Methods in Programming. 2019.
C.D. Nascimento Damasceno, M.R. Mousavi and A. Simao. Learning From Difference: An Automated Approach for Learning Family Models From Software Product Lines. Proceedings of the 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2019). ACM Press, 2019.
N. bin Ali, E. Engström, M. Taromirad, M.R. Mousavi, N. Minhas, D. Helgesson, S. Kunze, M. Varshosaz. On the Search for Industry-Relevant Regression Testing Research. Empirical Software Engineering. Springer, 2019.
V. Hafemann Fragal, A. Simão, M.R. Mousavi, and U.C. Türker. Extending HSI Test Generation Method for Software Product Lines. Computer Journal, 62(1): 109-129, 2019.
V. Hafemann Fragal, A. Simão, and M.R. Mousavi. Hierarchical featured state machines. Sci. Comput. Program. 171: 67-88, 2019.
M. Varshosaz and M.R. Mousavi. Comparative Expressiveness of Product Line Calculus of Communicating Systems and 1-Selecting Modal Transition Systems. Proceedings of the 45th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2019). LNCS, Springer, 2019.

2018

B.K. Aichernig, W. Mostowski, M.R. Mousavi, M. Tappler, and M. Taromirad. Model Learning and Model-Based Testing. In Machine Learning for Dynamic Software Analysis. Volume 11026 of LNCS, Springer, 2018.
M. Varshosaz, M. Al-Hajjaji, T. Thüm, T. Runge, M.R. Mousavi and I. Schaefer. A Classification of Product Sampling for Software Product Lines. Proceedings of 22nd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference. ACM, 2018.
M.R. Mousavi and M. Varshosaz. Telling Lies in Process Algebra. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering ( TASE 2018), IEEE CS, 2018.
A. Aerts, B.T. Minh, M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. Temporal Logic Falsification of Cyber-Physical Systems: An Input-Signal-Space Optimization Approach. Proceedings of the 14th Workshop on Advances in Model Based Testing (A-MOST 2018). IEEE CS, 2018.
H. Araujo, G. Carvalho, M. Mohaqeqi, M.R. Mousavi, and A. Sampaio. Sound Conformance Testing for Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Implementation. Science of Computer Programming. Elsevier, 2017.

2017

B. Oliveira, G. Carvalho, M.R. Mousavi, and A. Sampaio. Simulation of Hybrid Systems from Natural Language Specifications. Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2017), IEEE, 2017.
V. Hafemann Fragal, A. Simao, A.T. Endo and M.R. Mousavi. Reducing the Concretization Effort in FSM-Based Testing of Software Product Lines. Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Advances in Model Based Testing (A-MOST 2017), IEEE, 2017.
H. Araujo, G. Carvalho, A. Sampaio, M.R. Mousavi and M. Taromirad. A Process for Sound Conformance Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems (Position Paper). Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Testing Extra-Functional Properties and Quality Characteristics of Software Systems (ITEQS 2017), IEEE, 2017.
M. Taromirad and M.R. Mousavi. Gray-Box Conformance Testing for Symbolic Reactive State Machines. The 7th International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering (FSEN 2017), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2017.
R.M. Hierons, M.R. Mousavi, M.K. Thomsen, and U.C. Turker. Hardness of Deriving Invertible Sequences from Finite State Machines. Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, Foundations of Computer Science Conference (SOFSEM-FOCS 2017), volume 10139 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2017.

2016

H. Beohar and M.R. Mousavi. Input-Output Conformance Testing for Software Product Lines. Journal of Logic and Algebraic Methods in Programming, 85(6): 1131-1153. Elsevier, 2016.
A. Aerts, M. Reniers, and M.R. Mousavi. Model-Based Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems. Chapter 19 of H. Song, D.B. Rawat, S. Jeschke, and Ch. Brecher, Cyber-Physical Systems Foundations, Principles and Applications. pp. 287--304, Elsevier, 2016.
V. Hafemann Fragal, A. Simao and M.R. Mousavi. Validated Test Models for Software Product Lines: Featured Finite State Machines. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Formal Aspects of Component Software (FACS 2016), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2016.
S. Costa Paiva, A. Simao, M.R. Mousavi and M. Varshosaz. Complete IOCO Test Cases: A Case Study. Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Automated Software Testing (A-TEST 2016), ACM Press, 2016.
M. Mohaqeqi and M.R. Mousavi. Towards an Approximate Conformance Relation for Hybrid I/O Automata. Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Verification and Validation of Cyber-Physical Systems (V2CPS 2016), Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 2016.
M. Mohaqeqi and M.R. Mousavi. Sound Test-Suites for Cyber-Physical Systems. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering (TASE 2016), pp. 42-48, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2016.
S. Kunze, W. Mostowski, M.R. Mousavi, and M. Varshosaz. Generation of Failure Models through Automata Learning. Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Automotive Software Architectures (WASA 2016), IEEE CS Press, 2016.
G. Caltais, S. Leue, and M.R. Mousavi. (De-)Composing Causality in Labeled Transition Systems. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Causal Reasoning for Embedded and safety-critical Systems Technologies (CREST 2016), Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 2016.
F. Ghassemi and M.R. Mousavi. Product Line Process Theory. Journal of Logic and Algebraic Methods in Programming, 85(1): 200--226, Elsevier, 2016.
H. Beohar, M. Varshosaz, and M.R. Mousavi. Basic Behavioral Models for Software Product Lines: Expressiveness and Testing Pre-Orders. Science of Computer Programming, 123(1): 42--60, Elsevier, 2016.

2015

M.R. Mousavi, T. Basten, M.A. Reniers and M.R.V. Chaudron. Timed-Gamma and Its Coordination Language, Nordic Journal of Computing, 15(2):75-111, 2015.
A. Aerts, M.R. Mousavi, and M.A. Reniers. A Tool Prototype for Model-Based Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems. Proceedings of the 12th International Colloquium on Theoretical Aspects of Computing (ICTAC 2015), volume 9399 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 563-572, Springer, 2015.
E. Khamespanah, M. Sirjani, M.R. Mousavi, Z. Sabahi Kavian, and M.R. Razzazi. State Distribution Policy for Distributed Model Checking of Actor Models. Proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVOCS 2015), volume 72 of Electronic Communications of the EASST, 2015.
N. Khakpour and M.R. Mousavi. Notions of Conformance Testing for Cyber-Physical Systems: Overview and Roadmap (Invited Paper). Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2015), LIPIcs–Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, 2015.
M. Varshosaz, H. Beohar, and M.R. Mousavi. Delta-Oriented FSM-Based Testing. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods (ICFEM 2015), volume 9407 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 366--381, Springer, 2015.
T. Arts and M.R. Mousavi. Automatic Consequence Analysis of Automotive Standards (AUTO-CAAS) [Position Paper]. Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Automotive Software Architectures (WASA 2015), ACM Press, 2015.
H. Beohar and M.R. Mousavi. A Pre-congruence Format for XY-simulation. The 6th International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering (FSEN 2015), volume 9393 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 215-229, Springer, 2015.
N. Noroozi, R. Khosravi, M.R. Mousavi, and T.A.C. Willemse. Synchrony and Asynchrony in Conformance Testing. Software and Systems Modeling (SoSym) 14(1): 149-172, , Springer, 2015.

2014

J.F. Groote and M.R. Mousavi. Modeling and Analysis of Communicating Systems, MIT Press, 2014.
M. Mohaqeqi, M.R. Mousavi and W. Taha. Conformance Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems: A Comparative Study. Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVOCS 2014), volume 70 of Electronic Communications of the EASST, 2014.
H. Beohar and M.R. Mousavi. Spinal Test Suites for Software Product Lines. Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Model-Based Testing (MBT 2014), volume 141 of Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, pp. 44--55, 2014.
H. Beohar and M.R. Mousavi. Input-Output Conformance Testing Based on Featured Transition Systems. Proceedings of the 29th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Software Verification and Testing Track (SAC-SVT 2014), pp. 1272--1278, ACM Press, 2014.

2013

N. Noroozi, M.R. Mousavi, and T.A.C. Willemse. On the Complexity of Input Output Conformance Testing. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Formal Aspects of Component Software (FACS 2013), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2013.
D. Gebler, E.-I. Goriac, and M.R. Mousavi. Algebraic Meta-Theory of Processes with Data. Proceedings of the Combined 20th International Workshop on Expressiveness in Concurrency and 10th Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (EXPRESS/SOS 2013), volume 120 of Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, pp. 63--77, 2013.
S. Keshishzadeh, A. Mooij, and M.R. Mousavi. Early Fault Detection in DSLs using SMT Solving and Automated Debugging. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM 2013), volume 8137 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 182--196, Springer, 2013.
M. Churchill, P.D. Mosses and M.R. Mousavi. Modular Semantics for Transition System Specifications with Negative Premises. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2013), volume 8052 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 46--60, Springer, 2013.
L. Aceto, E.-I. Goriac, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. Exploiting Algebraic Laws to Improve Mechanized Axiomatization. Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO 2013). volume 8089 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 36--50, Springer, 2013.
N. Noroozi, M.R. Mousavi, and T.A.C. Willemse. Decomposability in Input Output Conformance Testing. Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Model-Based Testing (MBT 2013). volume 111 of Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, pp. 51--66, 2013.
F. Dechesne and M.R. Mousavi. Interpreted Systems Semantics for Process Algebra with Identity Annotations. Post-Proceedings of the 9th International Tbilisi Symposium on Language, Logic and Computation (TbiLLC 2011). volume 7758 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 182–-205, Springer, 2013.

2012

M.R. Mousavi. Esterel and the Semantics of Causality. Chapter 9 of J. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of Finite State Based Models and Applications, pages 191--206, CRC Press, 2012.
N. Khakpour, S. Jalili, C. Talcott, M. Sirjani and M.R. Mousavi. Formal Modeling of Evolving Self-Adaptive Systems. Science of Computer Programming, 78(1):3--36, Elsevier, 2012.
V. Vishal, M. Kovacioglu, R. Kherazi, and M.R. Mousavi. Integrating Model-Based and Constraint-Based Testing Using SpecExplorer. Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Model-based Testing in Practice (MoTiP 2012). IEEE CS, 2012.
L. Aceto, M. Cimini, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi, and M. A. Reniers. Rule Formats for Distributivity. Theoretical Computer Science, 458:1--28, Elsevier, 2012. (This is an extended version of the LATA 2011 paper.)
M. Cimini, M.R. Mousavi, M.A. Reniers, and M.J. Gabbay. Nominal SOS. Proceedings of the 28th Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS XXVIII). Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Elsevier, 2012.
M. Woehrle, R. Bakhshi, and M.R. Mousavi. Mechanized Extraction of Topology Anti-patterns in Wireless Networks. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods (iFM 2012). volume 7321 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 158--173, Springer, 2012.
M. Atif, M.R. Mousavi, and A. Osaiweran. Formal Verification of Unreliable Failure Detectors in Partially Synchronous Systems. Proceedings of the 27th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Dependable and Adaptive Distributed Systems Track (ACM SAC - DADS 2012). ACM Press, 2012.
L. Aceto, A. Birgisson, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi, and M. A. Reniers. Rule formats for determinism and idempotence. Science of Computer Programming, 77(7-8):889--907, Elsevier, 2012. (This is an extended version of the FSEN'09 paper.)

2011

H.H. Hansen, J. Ketema, B. Luttik, M.R. Mousavi, and J. van de Pol. Automated Verification of Executable UML Models. Post-Proceedings of the International Symposium on Formal Methods for Components and Objects (FMCO 2010). volume 6957 of Lecture Notes in Computer, Springer, 2011.
N. Noroozi, R. Khosravi, M.R. Mousavi, and T.A.C. Willemse. Synchronizing Asynchronous Conformance Testing. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM 2011). volume 7041 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 334--349, Springer, November 2011.
M. Raffelsieper, M.R. Mousavi, and H. Zantema. Long-Run Order-Independence of Vector-Based Transition Systems. IET Computers and Digital Techniques, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 5(6):468--478, 2011.
M. Raffelsieper and M.R. Mousavi. Symbolic Power Analysis of Cell Libraries. Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS 2011). Lecture Notes in Computer, Springer, August 2011.
L. Aceto, M. Cimini, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi, and M. A. Reniers. Rule Formats for Distributivity. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications (LATA 2011). volume 6638 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 79--90, Springer, 2011.
L. Aceto, M. Cimini, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi, and M. A. Reniers. SOS rule formats for zero and unit elements. Theoretical Computer Science, 412(28):3045-3071, Elsevier, 2011. (This is an extended version of the MFPS'2010 paper.)
H. Hojjat, M.R. Mousavi, and M. Sirjani. Formal Analysis of SystemC Designs in Process Algebra. Fundamenta Informaticae, 107(1):19--42, IOS Press, 2011. (This is an extended and improved version of the ACSD 2008 paper.)
L. Aceto, A. Birgisson, A. Ingolfsdottir, and M.R. Mousavi. Decompositional Reasoning about the History of Parallel Processes. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering (FSEN 2011). volume 7141 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 32--47, Springer, 2012.
H.R. Asaadi, R. Khosravi, M.R. Mousavi, and N. Noroozi. Towards Model-Based Testing of Electronic Funds Transfer Systems. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering (FSEN 2011). volume 7141 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2012.
M. Raffelsieper, M.R. Mousavi, and J. Sleuters. Process Algebra as a Common Framework for Hardware/Software Co-Verification, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 3(1):9--12, 2011.

2010

M. Atif, S. Cranen, and M.R. Mousavi. Reconstruction and verification of group membership protocols. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVoCS 2010), September 2010.
P.D. Mosses, M.R. Mousavi, and M.A. Reniers. Robustness of Equations Under Operational Extensions. Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Expressiveness in Concurrency (EXPRESS 2010), volume 41 of Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, pages 106--120, August 2010.
D. Hassan, M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. Restricted Delegation and Revocation in Language-Based Security (Position Paper). Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Programming Languages and Analysis for Security (PLAS 2010). ACM Press, June 2010.
L. Aceto, M. Cimini, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. On Rule Formats for Zero and Unit Elements. Proceedings of the 26th Conference on the Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS XXVI), volume 265 of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, pages 145-160, Elsevier, May 2010.
M. Raffelsieper, M.R. Mousavi and H. Zantema. Order-Independence of Vector-Based Transition Systems. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD'2010), pages 115 - 123, IEEE CS, June 2010.
H.H. Hansen, J. Ketema, B. Luttik, M.R. Mousavi and J. van de Pol. Towards Model Checking Executable UML Specifications in mCRL2. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering 6:83-90, Springer, 2010. (*) (This is an extended version of the UML and FM'09 paper.)
L. Aceto, W. Fokkink, A. Ingolfsdottir, and M. R. Mousavi. Lifting Non-Finite Axiomatizability Results to Extensions of Process Algebras. Acta Informatica, 47(3):147-177, Springer, 2010.
M.M. Jaghoori, M. Sirjani, M.R. Mousavi, E. Khamespanah and A. Movaghar. Symmetry and Partial Order Reduction Techniques in Model Checking Rebeca. Acta Informatica, 47(1):33-67, Springer, 2010.
M. Raffelsieper, M.R. Mousavi and C. Strolenberg. Checking and Deriving Module Paths in Verilog Cell Library Descriptions. Proceedings of the Conference on Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE'2010), pages 1506-1511, ACM Press, March 2010.
L. Aceto, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. A Rule Format for Unit Elements. Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2010), volume 5901 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 141-152, Springer, January 2010.

2009

H.H. Hansen, J. Ketema, B. Luttik, M.R. Mousavi and J. van de Pol. Towards Model Checking Executable UML Specifications in mCRL2. Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on UML and Formal Methods ( UML and FM 2009), December 2009.
L. Aceto, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. Algebraic Properties for Free! Bulletin of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (BEATCS), 99:81--104, October 2009.
N. Khakpour, S. Jalili, C. Talcott, M. Sirjani and M.R. Mousavi. PobSAM: Policy-based Managing of Actors in Self-Adaptive Systems. Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Formal Aspects of Component Software (FACS 2009), volume 263 of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Elsevier, pages 129-143, November 2009.
M. Raffelsieper, M.R. Mousavi, J.-W. Roorda, C. Strolenberg and H. Zantema. Formal Analysis of Non-Determinism in Verilog Cell Library Simulation Models. Proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS 2009), volume 5825 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 133-148, Springer, November 2009.
M.R. Mousavi. Causality in the Semantics of Esterel: Revisited. Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (SOS 2009). Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science 18:32-45, August 2009.
M. Raffelsieper, J.-W. Roorda, and M.R. Mousavi. Model Checking Verilog Descriptions of Cell Libraries. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD'09). pages 128-137, IEEE CS, July 2009.
M.R. Mousavi, I.C.C. Phillips, M.A. Reniers, and I. Ulidowski. Semantics and Expressiveness of Ordered SOS. Information and Computation, 207(2):85--119, Elsevier, 2009.
L. Aceto, A. Birgisson, A. Ingolfsdottir, M.R. Mousavi, and M.A. Reniers. Rule Formats for Determinism and Idempotency. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering (FSEN'09). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, April 2009.

2008

S. Cranen, M.R. Mousavi, and M.A. Reniers. A Rule Format for Associativity. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR'08), volume 5201 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 447--461, Springer, August 2008.
M.R. Mousavi, M.A. Reniers, T. Basten, and M.R.V. Chaudron. PARS: A Process Algebraic Approach to Resources and Schedulers. Chapter 10 of M. Alexander and W. Gardner, editors, Process Algebra for Parallel and Distributed Processing, Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, November 2008.
L. Aceto, W. Fokkink, A. Ingolfsdottir, and M. R. Mousavi. Lifting Non-Finite Axiomatizability Results to Extensions of Process Algebras. Proceedings of the 5th IFIP International Conference on Theoretical Computer Science (TCS'08), Springer, September 2008.
H. Hojjat, M.R. Mousavi, and M. Sirjani. Process Algebraic Verification of SystemC Codes. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD'08). IEEE CS, June 2008.
H. Hojjat, M.R. Mousavi, and M. Sirjani., A Framework for Performance Evaluation and Verification in Stochastic Process Algebras. Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Software Verification Track (ACM SAC SVT'08), Vol. 1, pages 339--346, ACM Press, March 2008.

2007

F. Dechesne, M.R. Mousavi and S. Orzan. Operational and Epistemic Approaches to Protocol Analysis: Bridging the Gap. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Logic for Programming Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning (LPAR'07), volume 4790 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 226--241, Springer, October 2007.
M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. A Congruence Rule Format with Universal Quantification. Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (SOS'07), volume 192 of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, pages 109--124, Elsevier Science B.V., July 2007.
L. Aceto, A. Ingolfsdottir, and M. R. Mousavi. Impossibility Results for the Equational Theory of Timed CCS. Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Algebra and Coalgebra in Computer Science (CALCO'07), volume 4624 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 80--95, Springer, August 2007.
M. R. Mousavi, M. A. Reniers, and J.F. Groote. SOS formats and meta-theory: 20 years after. Theoretical Computer Science, 373:238-272, 2007.
H. Hojjat, M. Sirjani, M.R. Mousavi, and J.F. Groote. Sarir: A Rebeca to mCRL2 Translator (Tool Paper). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD'07). IEEE CS, July 2007.

2006

M.R. Mousavi, I.C.C. Phillips, M.A. Reniers, and I. Ulidowski. The Meaning of Ordered SOS. Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS'06), volume 4337 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 334--345, Springer, December 2006.
E. Korshunova, M. Petkovic, M.G.J. van den Brand and M.R. Mousavi. CPP2XMI: Reverse Engineering of UML Class, Sequence, and Activity Diagrams from C++ Source Code (Tool Paper). Proceedings of the 13th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE'06), pages 297--298, IEEE CS, October 2006.
A.H. Ghamarian, M. Geilen, T. Basten, B. Theelen, M.R. Mousavi and S. Stuijk. Liveness and Boundedness of Synchronous Data Flow Graphs. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD'06), pp. 68--75, IEEE CS, November 2006.
M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. On Well-Foundedness and Expressiveness of Promoted Tyft. Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (SOS'06), Electronic Notes in Computer Science, Elsevier, August 2006.
A.H. Ghamarian, M. Geilen, S. Stuijk, T. Basten, A. Moonen, M. Bekooij, B. Theelen and M.R. Mousavi. Throughput Analysis of Synchronous Data Flow Graphs. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD'06), IEEE CS, pp. 25--36, June 2006.

2005

J. C. M. Baeten, M.R. Mousavi and M. A. Reniers. Timing the Untimed: Terminating Successfully while Being Conservative. In Processes, Terms and Cycles: Steps on the Road to Infinity: Essays Dedicated to Jan Willem Klop on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, volume 3838 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 281--309, Springer, December 2005.
M.M. Jaghoori, M. Sirjani, M.R. Mousavi, and A. Movaghar. Efficient Symmetry Reduction in an Actor-Based Model. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology (ICDCIT'05). volume 3816 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 494-507, Springer, December 2005.
M.R. Mousavi. Structuring Structural Operational Semantics. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, September 2005. (Supervised by Prof.dr.ir. J.F. Groote and Prof.dr. G.D. Plotkin and co-supervised by Dr. M.A. Reniers.)
M.R. Mousavi, M. J. Gabbay, and M.A. Reniers. SOS for Higher Order Processes. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR'05), volume 3653 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 308--322, Springer, August 2005.
M.R. Mousavi, M. Sirjani, and F. Arbab. Formal Semantics and Analysis of Component Connectors in Reo. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on the Foundations of Coordination Languages and Software Architectures (FOCLASA'05), volume 154 of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, pp. 83--99, Elsevier, August 2005.
M.R. Mousavi. Towards SOS Meta-Theory for Language-Based Security (Position Paper). Proceedings of the Workshop on Algebraic Process Calculi: The First Twenty Five Years and Beyond, volume NS-05-3 of BRICS Notes Series, Basic Research in Computer Science (BRICS), August 2005. Also in volume 162 of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, pp. 267--271, Elsevier Science B.V., 2006.
M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. Orthogonal Extensions in Structural Operational Semantics. Proceedings of the 32nd International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP'05), volume 3580 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 1214-1225, Springer, July 2005.
M.R. Mousavi and M. A. Reniers. Prototyping SOS Meta-theory in Maude. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (SOS'05), Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, 156(1):135-150, Elsevier Science B.V., July 2005.
J.F. Groote, M.R. Mousavi, and M. A. Reniers. A Hierarchy of SOS Rule Formats. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Structural Operational Semantics (SOS'05). Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, 156(1):3-25, Elsevier Science B.V., July 2005.
M.R. Mousavi, M.A. Reniers, and J.F. Groote. Notions of Bisimulation and Congruence Formats for SOS with Data. Information and Computation, 200(1):107--147, Elsevier Science B.V., 2005. (This is an extended version of the LICS'04 paper.)
M.R. Mousavi and M.A. Reniers. Congruence for Structural Congruences. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures (FOSSACS'05), volume 3441 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 47--62, Springer, April 2005.
M.R. Mousavi, M.A. Reniers, and J.F. Groote. A Syntactic Commutativity Format for SOS. Information Processing Letters (IPL), 93(5):217--223, Elsevier, March 2005.

2004

M.R. Mousavi, M.A. Reniers, and J.F. Groote. Congruence for SOS with Data. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS'04), pp. 303--312, IEEE CS, July 2004.
M.R. Mousavi, M.A. Reniers, T. Basten, and M.R.V. Chaudron. PARS: A Process Algebra with Resources and Schedulers. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems (FORMATS'03), volume 2791 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 134--150, Springer, May 2004.
M.R. Mousavi, P. Le Guernic, J.-P., Talpin, S.K. Shukla, and T. Basten. Modeling and Validation of Globally Asynchronous Design in Synchronous Frameworks. Proceedings of the Conference on Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE'04), pp. 384--389, IEEE CS, February 2004.

2003

M.R. Mousavi, M.A. Reniers, T. Basten, and M.R.V. Chaudron. Separation of Concerns in the Formal Design of Real-Time Shared Data-Space Systems. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Applications of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD'03), pp. 71--81, IEEE CS, June 2003.

2002

M.R. Mousavi, G. Russello, M. Chaudron, M. Reniers, T. Basten, A. Corsaro, S. Shukla, R. Gupta, and D. Schmidt. Using Aspect-GAMMA in the Design of Embedded Systems. Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE International Workshop on High Level Design, Verification and Test (HLDVT'02), pp. 69--75, IEEE CS, October 2002.
M.R. Mousavi, G. Russello, M.R.V. Chaudron, T. Basten, and M.A. Reniers. Separation of Quality Concerns in the Development of Distributed Real-time Systems. Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Embedded Systems (PROGRESS'02), pp. 124--127, Progress/STW Technology Foundation, October 2002.

Pre-History

M.R. Mousavi. Nondeterminism in Set Theoretic Formal Specifications: A Constructive Approach (in Persian), M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, September, 2001. A paper based on this thesis is published as: S. H, Mirian and M. Mousavi, Nondeterminism in Set-Theoretic Specifications (in Persian), Proceedings of the Iranian Computer Society Annual Conference (CSICC'02), Tehran, Iran, February, 2002
M. Sirjani, A. Movaghar and M.R. Mousavi. Compositional Verification of an Object-Based Model for Reactive Systems. Proceedings of the Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVoCS'01), pp. 114-118, Oxford, UK, April 2001.
M. Mousavi and A. Movaghar. Automatic Verification of Communication Protocols Based on SDL Models (in Persian). Proceedings of the Mathematics and Communication Conference, ITRC, Tehran, Iran, September 2000.