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Performance of program verification with VerCors

Mulder, Henk (2019) Performance of program verification with VerCors.

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Abstract:Program verification is only as useful as its ability to produce results in a timely manner. In this research we investigate what performance bottlenecks are in the VerCors verification tool for concurrent programs. The aim is to identify the cause of a performance bottleneck, in order to optimize the tool. We introduce a technique to identify what properties of a program are more difficult to verify. Using those results, we present solutions to two performance bottlenecks that were identified: 1. An alternative encoding of arrays is implemented in the tool which allows the tool to reason up to 4 times faster about programs that make use of arrays. 2. Our research in generating triggers for quantified expressions show that speedups up to 30% are possible. Though further research is required to investigate if this solution can be generalized and optimized further.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Subject:54 computer science
Programme:Computer Science MSc (60300)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/78496
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