@INPROCEEDINGS{ulbrich-geilmann-elghazi-taghdiri-tacas2012,
author = {Mattias Ulbrich and Ulrich Geilmann and Aboubakr Achraf {El Ghazi}
and Mana Taghdiri},
title = {A Proof Assistant for {Alloy} Specifications},
booktitle = {18th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction
and Analysis of Systems (TACAS 2012)},
year = {2012},
volume = {7214},
series = {LNCS},
pages = {422--436},
month = {March},
publisher = {Springer},
abstract = {Alloy is a specification language based on a relational first-order
logic with built-in operators for transitive closure, set cardinality,
and integer arithmetic. The Alloy Analyzer checks Alloy specifications
automatically with respect to bounded domains. Thus, while suitable
for finding counterexamples, it cannot, in general, provide correctness
proofs. This paper presents Kelloy, a tool for verifying Alloy specifications
with respect to potentially infinite domains. It describes an automatic
translation of the full Alloy language to the first-order logic of
the {\KeY} theorem prover, and an Alloy-specific extension to {\KeY}'s
calculus. It discusses correctness and completeness conditions of
the translation, and reports on our automatic and interactive experiments.},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-28756-5_29},
links = {PDF:http://lfm.iti.uni-karlsruhe.de/files/publications/ProofAssistantForAlloySpecifications.pdf;
Slides:http://lfm.iti.uni-karlsruhe.de/files/publications/elghazi_tacas2012.final.pdf;
Technical Report:http://digbib.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/volltexte/1000025523}
}
A Proof Assistant for Alloy Specifications
| Author(s): | Mattias Ulbrich, Ulrich Geilmann, Aboubakr Achraf El Ghazi, and Mana Taghdiri |
|---|---|
| In: | 18th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems (TACAS 2012) |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Series: | LNCS |
| Volume: | 7214 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 422-436 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-28756-5_29 |
| Links: | PDF Slides Technical Report |
Abstract
Alloy is a specification language based on a relational first-order logic with built-in operators for transitive closure, set cardinality, and integer arithmetic. The Alloy Analyzer checks Alloy specifications automatically with respect to bounded domains. Thus, while suitable for finding counterexamples, it cannot, in general, provide correctness proofs. This paper presents Kelloy, a tool for verifying Alloy specifications with respect to potentially infinite domains. It describes an automatic translation of the full Alloy language to the first-order logic of the KeY theorem prover, and an Alloy-specific extension to KeY's calculus. It discusses correctness and completeness conditions of the translation, and reports on our automatic and interactive experiments.