Property-driven benchmark generation

Bernhard Steffen, Malte Isberner, Stefan Naujokat, Tiziana Margaria, Maren Geske

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Abstract

We present a systematic approach to the automatic generation of platform-independent benchmarks of tailored complexity for evaluating verification tools for reactive systems. Key to this approach is a tool chain that essentially transforms a set of automatically generated LTL properties into source code for various formats, platforms, and competition scenarios via a sequence of property-preserving steps. These steps go through dedicated representations in terms of Büchi Automata, Mealy machines, Decision Diagram Models, Code Models, and finally the source code of the chosen scenario. The required transformations comprise LTL synthesis, model checking, property-oriented expansion, path condition extraction, theorem proving, SAT solving, and code motion. This combination allows us to address different communities via a growing set of programming languages, tailored sets of programming constructs, different notions of observation, and the full variety of LTL properties-ranging from mere reachability over general safety properties to arbitrary liveness properties. The paper illustrates the whole tool chain along accompanying examples, emphasizes the current state of development, and sketches the envisioned potential and impact of our approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModel Checking Software - 20th International Symposium, SPIN 2013, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages341-357
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9783642391750
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event20th International Symposium on Model Checking Software, SPIN 2013 - Stony Brook, NY, United States
Duration: 8 Jul 20139 Jul 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7976 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference20th International Symposium on Model Checking Software, SPIN 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityStony Brook, NY
Period8/07/139/07/13

Keywords

  • Benchmark generation
  • code motion
  • LTL synthesis
  • model checking
  • path condition extraction
  • property-oriented expansion
  • SAT solving
  • theorem proving

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