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arXiv:1409.4637 (cs)
[Submitted on 16 Sep 2014]

Title:Automatic Error Localization for Software using Deductive Verification

Authors:Robert Koenighofer, Ronald Toegl, Roderick Bloem
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Abstract:Even competent programmers make mistakes. Automatic verification can detect errors, but leaves the frustrating task of finding the erroneous line of code to the user. This paper presents an automatic approach for identifying potential error locations in software. It is based on a deductive verification engine, which detects errors in functions annotated with pre- and post-conditions. Using an automatic theorem prover, our approach finds expressions in the code that can be modified such that the program satisfies its specification. Scalability is achieved by analyzing each function in isolation. We have implemented our approach in the widely used Frama-C framework and present first experimental results. This is an extended version of [8], featuring an additional appendix.
Comments: This is an extended version of [8], featuring an additional appendix
Subjects: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO); Software Engineering (cs.SE)
Cite as: arXiv:1409.4637 [cs.LO]
  (or arXiv:1409.4637v1 [cs.LO] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1409.4637

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From: Robert Koenighofer [view email]
[v1] Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:29:14 UTC (77 KB)
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