Process Algebra in PVS

Twan Basten and Jozef Hooman

Computing Science Reports, Report 98-10, Department of Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, 1998, pp. 17.
Appeared in: Proceedings TACAS'99, LNCS 1579, Springer-Verlag, pages 270-284, 1999.

ABSTRACT

The aim of this work is to investigate mechanical support for process algebra, both for concrete applications and theoretical properties. Two approaches are presented using the verification system PVS. One approach declares process terms as an uninterpreted type and specifies equality on terms by axioms. This is convenient for concrete applications where the rewrite mechanisms of PVS can be exploited. For the verification of theoretical results, often induction principles are needed. They are provided by the second approach where process terms are defined as an abstract datatype with a separate equivalence relation.

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Transparances TACAS'99 -- Dump file of all PVS theories