Publication detail

Automata-Based Termination Proofs

IOSIF, R. ROGALEWICZ, A.

Original Title

Automata-Based Termination Proofs

Type

article in a collection out of WoS and Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper proposes a framework for detecting termination of programs handling infinite and complex data domains, such as pointer structures. In this framework, the user has to specify a finite number of well-founded relations on the data domain manipulated by these programs. Our tool then builds an initial abstraction of the program, which is checked for existence of potential infinite runs, by testing emptiness of its intersection with a predefined Buchi automaton. If the intersection is non-empty, a lasso-shaped counterexample is found. This counterexample is checked for spuriousness by a domain-specific procedure, and in case it is found to be spurious, the abstraction is refined, again by intersection with the complement of the Buchi automaton representing the lasso. We have instantiated the framework for programs handling tree-like data structures, which allowed us to prove termination of programs such as the depth-first tree traversal, the Deutsch-Schorr-Waite tree traversal, or the linking leaves algorithm.

Keywords

Formal verification, Termination, Buchi automata, Tree automata, Programs with pointers

Authors

IOSIF, R.; ROGALEWICZ, A.

RIV year

2009

Released

7. 7. 2009

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Location

Berlin

ISBN

978-3-642-02978-3

Book

Implementation and Application of Automata

Edition

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Pages from

165

Pages to

177

Pages count

13

URL

http://www.springerlink.com/content/j026j27j77284lu3/fulltext.pdf

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT30222,
  author="Iosif {Radu} and Adam {Rogalewicz}",
  title="Automata-Based Termination Proofs",
  booktitle="Implementation and Application of Automata",
  year="2009",
  series="Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
  volume="5642",
  pages="165--177",
  publisher="Springer Verlag",
  address="Berlin",
  isbn="978-3-642-02978-3",
  url="http://www.springerlink.com/content/j026j27j77284lu3/fulltext.pdf"
}