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Author(s):
Wies, Thomas
Kuncak, Viktor
Lam, Patrick
Podelski, Andreas
Rinard, Martin C.		dblp
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Not MPG Author(s):
Kuncak, Viktor
Lam, Patrick
Rinard, Martin C.
Editor(s):
Emerson, E. Allen
Namjoshi, Kedar S.		dblp
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Not MPII Editor(s):
Emerson, E. Allen
Namjoshi, Kedar S.
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WiesETAL06FieldConstraintAnalysis
Title, Booktitle
Title*:
Field Constraint Analysis
field-constraint-analysis.pdf (148.49 KB)
Booktitle*:
Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation : 7th International Conference, VMCAI 2006
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http://www.springerlink.com/content/731j75527670t635/fulltext.pdf
Event Address*:
Charleston, SC, USA
Language:
English
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Event Start Date:
8 January 2006
Event End Date:
10 January 2006
Publisher
Name*:
Springer
URL:
Address*:
Berlin, Germany
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Vol, No, Year, pp.
Series:
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume:
3855
Number:
Month:
January
Pages:
157-173
Year*:
2006
VG Wort Pages:
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Note, Abstract, ©
(LaTeX) Abstract:
 We introduce \emph{field constraint analysis}, a new
technique for verifying data structure invariants. A
field constraint for a field is a formula specifying a set of objects
to which the field can point. Field constraints enable
the application of decidable logics to data structures
which were originally beyond the scope of these logics, by verifying the
backbone of the data structure and then verifying
constraints on fields that cross-cut the backbone in
arbitrary ways. Previously, such cross-cutting fields
could only be verified when they were uniquely determined by
the backbone, which significantly limits the range of
analyzable data structures.

Field constraint analysis permits \emph{non-deterministic} field
constraints on cross-cutting fields, which allows the verificiation
of invariants for data structures such as skip lists. Non-deterministic
field constraints also enable the verification of invariants between
data structures, yielding an expressive generalization of static
type declarations.

The generality of our field constraints requires new
techniques, which are orthogonal to the traditional use of
structure simulation. We present one such technique and
prove its soundness. We have implemented this technique
as part of a symbolic shape analysis deployed in
the context of the Hob system for verifying data structure
consistency. Using this implementation we were able to
verify data structures that were previously beyond the
reach of similar techniques.
URL for the Abstract:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11609773_11
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MPG Unit:
Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
MPG Subunit:
Programming Logics Group
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BibTeX Entry:
@INPROCEEDINGS{WiesETAL06FieldConstraintAnalysis,
AUTHOR = {Wies, Thomas and Kuncak, Viktor and Lam, Patrick and Podelski, Andreas and Rinard, Martin C.},
 EDITOR = {Emerson, E. Allen and Namjoshi, Kedar S.},
 TITLE = {Field Constraint Analysis},
 BOOKTITLE = {Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation : 7th International Conference, VMCAI 2006},
 PUBLISHER = {Springer},
 YEAR = {2006},
 VOLUME = {3855},
 PAGES = {157--173},
 SERIES = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
 ADDRESS = {Charleston, SC, USA},
 MONTH = {January},
}

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