# The JKind Model Checker

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.01222 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1712.01222/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 4 Dec 2017.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Coherency through formalisations of Structured Natural Language, A case study on FRETish](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.10462/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

JKind is an open-source industrial model checker developed by Rockwell Collins and the University of Minnesota. JKind uses multiple parallel engines to prove or falsify safety properties of infinite state models. It is portable, easy to install, performance competitive with other state-of-the-art model checkers, and has features designed to improve the results presented to users: inductive validity cores for proofs and counterexample smoothing for test-case generation. It serves as the back-end for various industrial applications.