An eclipse plug-in for model checking

While model checking has been successful in uncovering subtle bugs in code, its adoption in software engineering practice has been hampered by the absence of a simple interface to the programmer in an integrated development environment. We describe an integration of the software model checker BLAST...

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Published in:Proceedings. 12th IEEE International Workshop on Program Comprehension, 2004 pp. 251 - 255
Main Authors: Beyer, D., Henzinger, T.A., Jhala, R., Majumdar, R.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Los Alamitos CA IEEE 2004
IEEE Computer Society Press
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Computer interfaces
Computer science
Computer science; control theory; systems
Exact sciences and technology
Explosions
Programming profession
Reachability analysis
Reliability engineering
Runtime
Software
Software engineering
Software quality
Testing
Code generation
Software maintenance
Software development
Formal specification
Model checking
Program analysis
Checking program
Automatic analysis
Reachability analysis
Program verification
Software engineering
ISBN:9780769521497, 0769521495
ISSN:1092-8138
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Summary:While model checking has been successful in uncovering subtle bugs in code, its adoption in software engineering practice has been hampered by the absence of a simple interface to the programmer in an integrated development environment. We describe an integration of the software model checker BLAST into the Eclipse development environment. We provide a verification interface for practical solutions for some typical program analysis problems - assertion checking, reachability analysis, dead code analysis, and test generation - directly on the source code. The analysis is completely automatic, and assumes no knowledge of model checking or formal notation. Moreover, the interface supports incremental program verification to support incremental design and evolution of code.
ISBN:9780769521497
0769521495
ISSN:1092-8138
DOI:10.1109/WPC.2004.1311069