A logic model checker can be an effective tool for debugging software applications. A stumbling block can be that model checking tools expect the user to supply a formal statement...
Margaret H. Smith, Gerard J. Holzmann, Kousha Etes...
Modern programs make extensive use of reusable software libraries. For example, a study of a number of large Java applications shows that between 17% and 30% of the classes in tho...
Johannes Henkel, Christoph Reichenbach, Amer Diwan
Debugging is one of the essential parts of the software development cycle. However, the usual debugging techniques used in imperative languages such as the step by step execution ...
We describe an approach to using one logic to reason about specifications written in a second logic. One level of logic, called the "reasoning logic", is used to state th...
Synchronous languages like Esterel have been widely adopted for designing reactive systems in safety-critical domains such as avionics. Specifications written in Esterel are based...
Lei Ju, Bach Khoa Huynh, Abhik Roychoudhury, Samar...