Title
Using stålmarck’s algorithm to prove inequalities
Abstract
Stålmarck’s 1-saturation algorithm is an incomplete but fast method for computing partial equivalence relations over propositional formulae. Aside from anecdotal evidence, until now little has been known about what it can prove. In this paper we characterize a set of formulae with bitvector-inequalities for which 1-saturation is sufficient to prove unsatisfiability. This result has application to fast predicate abstraction for software with fixed-width bit-vectors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/11576280_23
ICFEM
Keywords
Field
DocType
partial equivalence relation,predicate abstraction,fast method,propositional formula,fixed-width bit-vectors,anecdotal evidence,1-saturation algorithm,equivalence relation
Discrete mathematics,Equivalence relation,Predicate abstraction,Abstract interpretation,Computer science,Algorithm,Software,Formal methods,Software development
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
3785
0302-9743
3-540-29797-9
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.38
9
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Byron Cook120.38
Georges Gonthier22275195.06