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Expressive and efficient bounded model checking of concurrent software

Expressive and efficient bounded model checking of concurrent software
Expressive and efficient bounded model checking of concurrent software
To improve automated verification techniques for ANSI-C software, I examine temporal logics for describing program properties, and techniques for increasing the speed of program verification,for both single threaded and concurrent programs, based on the model checker ESBMC. A
technique for evaluating LTL formulae over finite program traces is proposed and evaluated over a piece of industrial software and a suite of benchmarks, with favourable results. Efficient formulations of the model checking problem for SMT solvers are evaluated, and the performance
of different solvers compared. Finally a number of optimisations for concurrent program verification not previously applied to symbolic software model checking are evaluated, resulting in an order of magnitude performance improvement over ESBMCs prior and already internationally
competitive performance.
Morse, Jeremy
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Morse, Jeremy
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Nicole, Denis
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Morse, Jeremy (2015) Expressive and efficient bounded model checking of concurrent software. University of Southampton, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Doctoral Thesis, 244pp.

Record type: Thesis (Doctoral)

Abstract

To improve automated verification techniques for ANSI-C software, I examine temporal logics for describing program properties, and techniques for increasing the speed of program verification,for both single threaded and concurrent programs, based on the model checker ESBMC. A
technique for evaluating LTL formulae over finite program traces is proposed and evaluated over a piece of industrial software and a suite of benchmarks, with favourable results. Efficient formulations of the model checking problem for SMT solvers are evaluated, and the performance
of different solvers compared. Finally a number of optimisations for concurrent program verification not previously applied to symbolic software model checking are evaluated, resulting in an order of magnitude performance improvement over ESBMCs prior and already internationally
competitive performance.

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Published date: April 2015
Organisations: University of Southampton, Electronic & Software Systems

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/379284
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Date deposited: 22 Jul 2015 11:38
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 20:37

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Author: Jeremy Morse
Thesis advisor: Denis Nicole

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