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Modularization is the central design paradigm for large software systems, and the correctness of modules is one of the basic building blocks for the verification of large systems. In this paper we investigate the correctness problem for generic modules. The export- and import interfaces of a generic module are parameterized first-order specifications, and its implementation is written in an imperative programming language. We define the semantics and the correctness of generic modules, and present a logical characterization of correctness in terms of Dynamic Logic. This characterization paves the way for automated verification of generic modules in the KIV system (Karlsruhe Interactive Verifier), a tactical theorem prover for Dynamic Logic.
This research was partly sponsored by the BMFT-project KORSO.
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Reif, W. (1992). Correctness of generic modules. In: Nerode, A., Taitslin, M. (eds) Logical Foundations of Computer Science — Tver '92. LFCS 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 620. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0023893
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