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A Survey of Automated Techniques for Formal Software Verification

D'Silva, Vijay, Kroening, Daniel, Weissenbacher, Georg·2008·IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

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The quality and the correctness of software are often the greatest concern in electronic systems. Formal verification tools can provide a guarantee that a design is free of specific flaws. This paper surveys algorithms that perform automatic static analysis of software to detect programming errors or prove their absence. The three techniques considered are static analysis with abstract domains, model checking, and bounded model checking. A short tutorial on these techniques is provided, highlighting their differences when applied to practical problems. This paper also surveys tools implementing these techniques and describes their merits and shortcomings.

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Authors
D'Silva, V., Kroening, D., & Weissenbacher, G.
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Published
2008-07
Volume
27
Issue
7
Pages
1165-1178
ISSN
0278-0070 (ISSN-L)
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W2031525781
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378
References
3
FWCI
21.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
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D'Silva, V., Kroening, D., & Weissenbacher, G. (2008). A Survey of Automated Techniques for Formal Software Verification. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcad.2008.923410

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