Cheng, Zheng, Mery, Dominique and Monahan, Rosemary (2016) On Two Friends for Getting Correct Programs Automatically Translating Event B Specifications to Recursive Algorithms in Rodin. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. pp. 821-838. ISSN 0302-9743
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Abstract
We report on our progress-to-date in implementing a software development environment which integrates the efforts of two formal software engineering techniques: program refinement as supported by Event B and program verification as supported by the Spec# programming system. Our objective is to improve the usability of formal verification tools by providing a general framework for integrating these two approaches to software verification. We show how the two approaches Correctness-by-Construction and Post-hoc Verification can be used in a productive way. Here, we focus on the final steps in this process where the final concrete specification is transformed into an executable algorithm. We present EB2RC, a plug-in for the Rodin platform, that reads in an Event B model and uses the control framework introduced during its refinement to generate a graphical representation of the executable algorithm. EB2RC also generates a recursive algorithm that is easily translated into executable code. We illustrate our technique through case studies and their analysis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | from: Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation Foundational Techniques 7th International Symposium, ISoLA 2016 Imperial, Corfu, Greece, October 10–14, 2016 Proceedings, Part I |
| Keywords: | Recursive Algorithm; Proof Obligation; Executable Code; Program Verification; Recursive Program; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute |
| Item ID: | 15584 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-319-47166-2 |
| Depositing User: | Rosemary Monahan |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2022 14:18 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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