Timelines and Proofs of Safety Properties in the State Delta Verification System (SDVS).

Abstract

Proofs of typical safety properties of programs in temporal-logic-based systems can be facilitated by the use of two proof rules: the Rule of Negation and the w-Induction Rule. We show that each of these rules is valid only on timelines of certain order types; the joint use of these two rules is valid only on timelines that are finite, or ordered like the natural numbers. We demonstrate the use of these rules by giving proofs of safety properties of a simple concurrent program in the State Delta Verification System (SDVS).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1992
Accession Number
ADA291548

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  • L. G. Marcus
  • T. K. Menas

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  • The Aerospace Corporation

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