NDLI: Reasoning about programs via operational semantics: requirements for a support system

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Hughes, John R. D. Jones, Cliff B.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Reasoning about programs using “axioms” is well established; in this paper we argue that reasoning about a program directly in terms of Structural Operational Semantic (SOS) language descriptions is a viable addition and that this is anyway necessary for the vast majority of languages where there is nothing like a full axiomatic description. Using an SOS description is likely to require detailed proofs whose acceptability to users will depend on suitable support systems. The paper presents a very simple example to illustrate how we can reason about (in fact, develop) a program to prove that it satisfies a specification. The main contribution is to use this trivial example to point out issues in designing an interactive proof system for constructing such proofs.
Starting Page	299
Ending Page	312
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09288910
Journal	Automated Software Engineering
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	3-4
e-ISSN	15737535
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2008-09-06
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Structural operational semantics Proofs about programs Tool support Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Software

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Reasoning about programs via operational semantics: requirements for a support system