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Formalising general correctness

Date

Authors

Dawson, Jeremy

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We consider the abstract command language of Dunne, and his account of general correctness. We provide an operational interpretation of his abstract commands, and use the automated theorem proving system Isabelle to prove that this operational interpretation leads to Dunne's semantics. We consider the difficulties in precisely formalising some formulae found in the literature.

Keywords

Keywords: Abstracting; Computer program listings; Formal logic; Mathematical operators; Semantics; Theorem proving; Websites; Abstract commands; General correctness; Operational interpretation; Program logic; Computer programming languages Abstract commands; General correctness

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/81138

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.entcs.2003.12.004