{log}: From a Constraint Logic Programming Language to a Formal Verification Tool

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Autori principali: Cristiá, Maximiliano, Capozucca, Alfredo, Rossi, Gianfranco
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author Cristiá, Maximiliano
Capozucca, Alfredo
Rossi, Gianfranco
author_facet Cristiá, Maximiliano
Capozucca, Alfredo
Rossi, Gianfranco
contents {log} (read 'setlog') was born as a Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) language where sets and binary relations are first-class citizens, thus fostering set programming. Internally, {log} is a constraint satisfiability solver implementing decision procedures for several fragments of set theory. Hence, {log} can be used as a declarative, set, logic programming language and as an automated theorem prover for set theory. Over time {log} has been extended with some components integrated to the satisfiability solver thus providing a formal verification environment. In this paper we make a comprehensive presentation of this environment which includes a language for the description of state machines based on set theory, an interactive environment for the execution of functional scenarios over state machines, a generator of verification conditions for state machines, automated verification of state machines, and test case generation. State machines are both, programs and specifications; exactly the same code works as a program and as its specification. In this way, with a few additions, a CLP language turned into a seamlessly integrated programming and automated proof system.
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spellingShingle {log}: From a Constraint Logic Programming Language to a Formal Verification Tool
Cristiá, Maximiliano
Capozucca, Alfredo
Rossi, Gianfranco
Logic in Computer Science
{log} (read 'setlog') was born as a Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) language where sets and binary relations are first-class citizens, thus fostering set programming. Internally, {log} is a constraint satisfiability solver implementing decision procedures for several fragments of set theory. Hence, {log} can be used as a declarative, set, logic programming language and as an automated theorem prover for set theory. Over time {log} has been extended with some components integrated to the satisfiability solver thus providing a formal verification environment. In this paper we make a comprehensive presentation of this environment which includes a language for the description of state machines based on set theory, an interactive environment for the execution of functional scenarios over state machines, a generator of verification conditions for state machines, automated verification of state machines, and test case generation. State machines are both, programs and specifications; exactly the same code works as a program and as its specification. In this way, with a few additions, a CLP language turned into a seamlessly integrated programming and automated proof system.
title {log}: From a Constraint Logic Programming Language to a Formal Verification Tool
topic Logic in Computer Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17350