• DocumentCode
    1579825
  • Title

    Configurable Proof Obligations in the Frog Toolkit

  • Author

    Fraser, Simon ; Banach, Richard

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Manchester, Manchester
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    361
  • Lastpage
    370
  • Abstract
    In model based formal methods, incompatible tools for different techniques is the norm. However, greater applicability to industrial scale systems increasingly requires combining the strengths of different techniques, in line with the verification grand challenge. The Frog tool embodies a construct-based specification syntax, and its meta-language Frog-CCL allows the generic configuration of both a constructs syntax and its proof obligations. For a specific system, Frog generates the system´s verification conditions mechanically from the generic ones. Relationships between systems such as refinement and retrenchment can be configured. An example retrenchment between two simple systems illustrates the technique.
  • Keywords
    formal specification; formal verification; software tools; Frog toolkit; configurable proof obligations; construct-based specification syntax; industrial scale systems; meta-language Frog-CCL; model based formal methods; verification grand challenge; Computer science; Shape; Software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Software Engineering and Formal Methods, 2007. SEFM 2007. Fifth IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-2884-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SEFM.2007.12
  • Filename
    4343952