Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The correctness of event-B inductive convergence. |
| Authors: |
Hallerstede, Stefan1 stefan.hallerstede@wanadoo.fr |
| Source: |
Science of Computer Programming. Dec2016, Vol. 131, p94-108. 15p. |
| Subjects: |
Computer software correctness, B method (Computer science), Computer programming, Proof theory, Stochastic convergence, Mathematical induction |
| Abstract: |
Anticipation proof obligations for stated variants need to be proved in Event-B even if the variant has no variable in common with an anticipated event. This often leads to models that are complicated by additional auxiliary variables and variants that need to take into account these variables. Because of such “encodings” of control flow information in the variants the corresponding proof obligations can usually not be discharged automatically. We present a new proof obligation for anticipated events that does not have this defect and prove it correct. The proof is fairly intricate due to the nondeterminism of the simulations that link refinements. An informal soundness argument suggests using a lexicographic product in the soundness proof. However, it turns out that a weaker order is required which we call quasi-lexicographic product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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