Title
A Proof Theory for Model Checking
Abstract
While model checking has often been considered as a practical alternative to building formal proofs, we argue here that the theory of sequent calculus proofs can be used to provide an appealing foundation for model checking. Since the emphasis of model checking is on establishing the truth of a property in a model, we rely on additive inference rules since these provide a natural description of truth values via inference rules. Unfortunately, using these rules alone can force the use of inference rules with an infinite number of premises. In order to accommodate more expressive and finitary inference rules, we also allow multiplicative rules but limit their use to the construction of additive synthetic inference rules: such synthetic rules are described using the proof-theoretic notions of polarization and focused proof systems. This framework provides a natural, proof-theoretic treatment of reachability and non-reachability problems, as well as tabled deduction, bisimulation, and winning strategies.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s10817-018-9475-3
Journal of Automated Reasoning
Keywords
Field
DocType
Proof theory, Linear logic, Fixed points, Focused proof systems, Model checking
Model checking,Truth value,Sequent calculus,Algorithm,Proof theory,Theoretical computer science,Mathematical proof,Finitary,Linear logic,Rule of inference,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
63.0
SP4
1573-0670
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
24
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Quentin Heath110.35
Dale Miller22485232.26