Analysis of Iterative or Recursive Programs Using a First-Order Theorem Prover
Licentiatavhandling, 2016

Static analysis of program semantics can be used to provide strong guarantees about the correctness of software systems. In this thesis, we explore ways to perform automated program analysis and verification using a first-order theorem prover. First we present an extension to the symbol elimination technique for automatic generation of loop invariants. This extension introduces a new input format intended to act as an intermediate verification language, facilitating the analysis of programs written in a variety of languages. It also integrates program annotations (pre- and post-conditions), so that symbol elimination can be used not only to generate invariant, but also to prove the correctness of programs independently of other tools. We then present ways to perform complete reasoning in the theory of term algebras in a first-order theorem prover. As term algebras provide a concrete semantics for values of algebraic data types, this extension enables one to reason about programs manipulating such data types, in particular in functional languages. Both works were implemented using the first-order theorem prover Vampire; these implementations are presented along with experiments on difficult verification problems.

Term Algebras

Automated Theorem Proving

Invariant Generation

Program Verification

HC2, Hörsalvägen 14, Chalmers
Opponent: Nikolaj Bjorner, Microsoft Research, USA

Författare

Simon Robillard

Programvaruteknik, Grupp C2

Ahrendt, W., Kovacs, L., Robillard, S., Reasoning About Loops Using Vampire in KeY

Kovacs, L., Robillard, S., Voronkov, A., Coming to Terms with Quantified Reasoning

Ämneskategorier

Data- och informationsvetenskap

Programvaruteknik

Utgivare

Chalmers

HC2, Hörsalvägen 14, Chalmers

Opponent: Nikolaj Bjorner, Microsoft Research, USA

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Skapat

2016-11-04