Title
Symbol Elimination in Program Analysis
Abstract
Automatic understanding of the intended meaning of computer programs is a very hard problem, requiring intelligence and reasoning. In this abstract we discuss a new method for program analysis, called symbol elimination. Symbol elimination uses first-order theorem proving techniques to automatically discover non-trivial program properties, such as loop invariants and loop bounds. Moreover, symbol elimination can be used as an alternative to interpolation for software verification.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/SYNASC.2011.60
SYNASC
Keywords
Field
DocType
intended meaning,symbol elimination,first-order theorem,program analysis,hard problem,computer program,automatic understanding,loop bound,loop invariants,non-trivial program property,theorem proving,computational modeling,cognition,interpolation,computability,formal verification,software verification,symbolic computation,first order,color,computer model
Discrete mathematics,Computer science,Symbol,Interpolation,Automated theorem proving,Theoretical computer science,Computability,Loop invariant,Program analysis,Software verification,Formal verification
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2470-8801
978-1-4673-0207-4
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Laura Kovács149436.97