Verifying Programs Using Abstraction and Theorem Proving.

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Title: Verifying Programs Using Abstraction and Theorem Proving.
Authors: Junyan Qian1 qjy2000@gliet.edu.cn, Baowen Xu2 bwxu@seu.edu.cn
Source: International MultiConference of Engineers & Computer Scientists 2007 (Volume 1). 2007, p1044-1049. 6p. 1 Chart.
Subjects: Automatic theorem proving, Abstract thought, Software verification, Parallel computer program verification, Computer software
Abstract: We present a methodology for automatically verifying programs against safety specifications based on finite state machine. Firstly, computing the abstract transition between abstract states is done by calling a theorem prover, and then an initial abstract model automatically is extracted from concrete program using predicate abstraction. However, the process of abstraction can be exponential in the number of predicates used. Program slicing, predicate inference and partitioning the set of candidate predicates into subsets make abstract model construction effective. By counterexample-guided abstraction refinement scheme, the abstraction refines incrementally until the specification is either satisfied or refuted. Finally, our methods can be extended to verifying concurrency programs by parallel composition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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