Using the KeY Prover

Book Chapter

Author(s):Wolfgang Ahrendt and Sarah Grebing
In:Deductive Software Verification - The KeY Book: From Theory to Practice
Publisher:Springer
Series:LNCS 10001
Part:IV: The KeY System in Action
Chapter:15
Year:2016
Pages:495-539
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49812-6_15
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-49812-6_15

Abstract

This chapter is a self-contained introduction into the usage of the KeY prover, a tool for proving formulas of a program logic called Java Dynamic Logic. It does not assume the reader to have read any other chapter of the book in advance. Here, we discuss the usage of the KeY prover in isolation. For a tutorial on the most common context of the prover, i.e., the KeY verification process, we refer to the chapter `Formal Verification with KeY: A Tutorial'. The present chapter takes entirely the user's perspective on the KeY prover, and the GUI plays an important role. However, we do not only introduce the various ways of using, and interacting with, the KeY prover. Rather, the various visible artifacts the prover acts on, in particular the logic and the taclet language, are introduced on the side, on demand, and example driven, in a light-weight manner. This chapter is meant to be read with the KeY system up and running, such that every step can be tried out immediately in the system. The concepts that will be introduced along with the usage of the prover include KeY problem files, propositional, first-order, and dynamic logic, sequent calculus, proof construction, proof navigation and manipulation, taclets, interactive and automated proving, quantifier instantiation, and symbolic execution. Most of these topics are discussed in much greater detail in other chapters within this book, but appear here in the context of using the KeY prover.

BibTeX

@incollection{AhrendtGrebing2016,
  author       = {Wolfgang Ahrendt and Sarah Grebing},
  title        = {Using the {\KeY} Prover},
  booktitle    = {Deductive Software Verification - The {\KeY} Book: From Theory to
                  Practice},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  series       = {LNCS 10001},
  pages        = {495--539},
  chapter      = {15},
  part         = {IV: The {\KeY} System in Action},
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49812-6_15},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-319-49812-6_15},
  year         = {2016},
  month        = dec,
  abstract     = {This chapter is a self-contained introduction into the usage
                  of the {\KeY} prover, a tool for proving formulas of a program
                  logic called Java Dynamic Logic. It does not assume the
                  reader to have read any other chapter of the book in advance.
                  Here, we discuss the usage of the {\KeY} prover in isolation.
                  For a tutorial on the most common context of the prover,
                  i.e., the {\KeY} verification process, we refer to the chapter
                  `Formal Verification with {\KeY}: A Tutorial'. The present
                  chapter takes entirely the user's perspective on the {\KeY}
                  prover, and the GUI plays an important role. However, we do
                  not only introduce the various ways of using, and interacting
                  with, the {\KeY} prover. Rather, the various visible artifacts
                  the prover acts on, in particular the logic and the taclet
                  language, are introduced on the side, on demand, and example
                  driven, in a light-weight manner. This chapter is meant to be
                  read with the {\KeY} system up and running, such that every step
                  can be tried out immediately in the system. The concepts that
                  will be introduced along with the usage of the prover include
                  {\KeY} problem files, propositional, first-order, and dynamic
                  logic, sequent calculus, proof construction, proof navigation
                  and manipulation, taclets, interactive and automated proving,
                  quantifier instantiation, and symbolic execution. Most of
                  these topics are discussed in much greater detail in other
                  chapters within this book, but appear here in the context of
                  using the {\KeY} prover.}
}