A Dynamic Logic for Unstructured Programs with Embedded Assertions

Reviewed Paper In Proceedings

Author(s):Mattias Ulbrich
In:International Conference on Formal Verification of Object-Oriented Software (FoVeOOS 2010), Revised Selected Papers
Publisher:Springer
Series:LNCS
Volume:6528
Year:2011
Pages:168-182
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DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-18070-5_12

Abstract

We present a program logic for an intermediate verification programming language and provide formal definitions of its syntax and semantics. The language is unstructured, indeterministic, and has embedded assertions. A set of sound rewrite rules which allow symbolic execution of programs is given. We prove the soundness of three inference rules using invariants which can be used to deal with loops during the verification.

Note

This paper has been awarded the best student paper and presentation award.

BibTeX

@INPROCEEDINGS{Ulbrich2010,
  author = {Mattias Ulbrich},
  title = {A Dynamic Logic for Unstructured Programs with Embedded Assertions},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Formal Verification
	of Object-Oriented Software (FoVeOOS 2010), Revised Selected Papers},
  year = {2011},
  month = jun,
  editor = {Bernhard Beckert and Claude March{\'e}},
  volume = {6528},
  series = {LNCS},
  pages = {168--182},
  publisher = {Springer},
  note = {This paper has been awarded the best student paper and presentation
	award.},
  abstract = {We present a program logic for an intermediate verification programming
	language and provide formal definitions of its syntax and semantics.
	The language is unstructured, indeterministic, and has embedded assertions.
	A set of sound rewrite rules which allow symbolic execution of programs
	is given. We prove the soundness of three inference rules using invariants
	which can be used to deal with loops during the verification.},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-18070-5_12}
}