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Formally Verified Simulations of State-Rich Processes Using Interaction Trees in Isabelle/HOL

Authors Simon Foster , Chung-Kil Hur, Jim Woodcock

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  • Theory of computation → Concurrency
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  • Coinduction
  • Process Algebra
  • Theorem Proving
  • Simulation

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Abstract

Simulation and formal verification are important complementary techniques necessary in high assurance model-based systems development. In order to support coherent results, it is necessary to provide unifying semantics and automation for both activities. In this paper we apply Interaction Trees in Isabelle/HOL to produce a verification and simulation framework for state-rich process languages. We develop the core theory and verification techniques for Interaction Trees, use them to give a semantics to the CSP and Circus languages, and formally link our new semantics with the failures-divergences semantic model. We also show how the Isabelle code generator can be used to generate verified executable simulations for reactive and concurrent programs.

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Simon Foster, Chung-Kil Hur, and Jim Woodcock. Formally Verified Simulations of State-Rich Processes Using Interaction Trees in Isabelle/HOL. In 32nd International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 203, pp. 20:1-20:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021) https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2021.20

Author Details

Simon Foster
  • University of York, UK
Chung-Kil Hur
  • Seoul National University, South Korea
Jim Woodcock
  • University of York, UK

Funding

  • Foster, Simon: EPSRC EP/S001190/1 (CyPhyAssure).
  • Woodcock, Jim: EPSRC EP/V026801/1 (TAS Verifiability), EP/M025756/1 (RoboCalc).

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers of our paper, whose helpful and insightful comments have improved the content and presentation.

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