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Challenges and Experiences in Managing Large-Scale Proofs

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Intelligent Computer Mathematics (CICM 2012)

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Large-scale verification projects pose particular challenges. Issues include proof exploration, efficiency of the edit-check cycle, and proof refactoring for documentation and maintainability. We draw on insights from two large-scale verification projects, L4.verified and Verisoft, that both used the Isabelle/HOL prover. We identify the main challenges in large-scale proofs, propose possible solutions, and discuss the Levity tool, which we developed to automatically move lemmas to appropriate theories, as an example of the kind of tool required by such proofs.

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  1. NICTA, Sydney, Australia

    Timothy Bourke, Matthias Daum, Gerwin Klein & Rafal Kolanski

  2. The University of NSW, Sydney, Australia

    Matthias Daum, Gerwin Klein & Rafal Kolanski

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  1. Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University and Open Universiteit Nederland, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Johan Jeuring

  2. Department of Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK

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  3. Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, L8S 4K1, Hamilton, ON, Canada

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  4. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, 77843-3112, College Station, TX, USA

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  5. Department of Computer Graphics and Design, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, 60200, Brno, Czech Republic

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  6. Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI - UMR8623) PCRI, Université Paris-Sud, Batiment 650, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

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  7. The University of Birmingham, School of Computer Science,, B15 2TT, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

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Bourke, T., Daum, M., Klein, G., Kolanski, R. (2012). Challenges and Experiences in Managing Large-Scale Proofs. In: Jeuring, J., et al. Intelligent Computer Mathematics. CICM 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7362. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31374-5_3

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