Towards an Integrated CASE and theorem proving tool for VDM-SL

  • Sten Agerholm
  • Jacob Frost
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Abstract

While CASE tools for formal methods have been relatively successful in industry, the up-take of the theorem proving technology has been quite slow. This suggests that more focus should be put on specification notations and pragmatic features of existing CASE tools in building proof support tools. This paper presents a prototype integrated CASE/TP tool which combines the benefits of a general-purpose theorem prover called Isabelle with those of a commercial CASE tool for the VDM-SL formal specification language-the IFAD VDM-SL Toolbox. The integrated tool supports pragmatic test and rigorous proof at the same time. Moreover, the tool supports proofs in the notation of the CASE tool by handling “difficult” constructs such as patterns and cases expressions in an untraditional way using reversible transformations.

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Theorem Prover Abstract Syntax Proof Obligation Record Type Concrete Syntax 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sten Agerholm
    • 1
  • Jacob Frost
    • 2
  1. 1.The Institute of Applied Computer Science (IFAD)Odense MDenmark
  2. 2.Department of Information TechnologyTechnical University of DenmarkLyngbyDenmark

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