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Title: | Scaling Automatic Modular Verification |
Authors: | Pick, Lauren |
Advisors: | Gupta, Aarti |
Contributors: | Computer Science Department |
Keywords: | Hyperproperty Verification Invariant Synthesis Modular Verification Software Model Checking Software Verification |
Subjects: | Computer science |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University |
Abstract: | Automated software verification techniques, while widely successful, often suffer from scalability issues due to state-space explosion. In both automated and manual verification, modular approaches help scale verification by breaking verification problems into several easier-to-solve subproblems. These subproblems often involve discovering suitable invariants that can be used to help derive a proof that the entire system meets the desired specification. In this dissertation, I describe work toward developing modular automatic techniques for software verification in which such invariants are discovered automatically. These techniques notably involve exploiting the structure and syntax of both system components and/or their specifications in order to find useful invariants for scaling verification. I have developed techniques for several related kinds of verification problems: the verification of k-safety properties, the verification of safety properties for general single-threaded interprocedural programs, and the verification of information-flow security—a specific kind of 2-safety property. For each of these verification problems, I have implemented the developed techniques in a verification tool and compared the tool to existing state-of-the-art tools for solving the verification problem. Experimental results demonstrate that the developed techniques help scale verification over existing state-of-the-art and allow more verification problems to be solved automatically. |
URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp0137720g87w |
Alternate format: | The Mudd Manuscript Library retains one bound copy of each dissertation. Search for these copies in the library's main catalog: catalog.princeton.edu |
Type of Material: | Academic dissertations (Ph.D.) |
Language: | en |
Appears in Collections: | Computer Science |
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