On the Effectiveness of Theorem Proving Guided Discovery of Formal Assertions for a Register Allocator in a High-Level Synthesis System

Theorem proving guided development of formal assertions in a resource-constrained scheduler for high-level synthesis

A short introduction to two approaches in formal verification of security protocols: model checking and theorem proving

In this paper, we shortly review two formal approaches in verification of security protocols; model checking and theorem proving. Model checking is based on studying the behavior of protocols via generating all different behaviors of a protocol and checking whether the desired goals are satisfied in all instances or not. We investigate Scyther operational semantics as n example of this...

The effectiveness of Guided Discovery Learning on the learning and satisfaction of nursing students

Introduction: Revision of the traditional teaching methods as well as employment of modern and active learning method through educational systems is tangible. Application of such methods are quite common in different scientific areas. Therefore, performing modern educational approaches such as self-directed and long-life learning such as Guided Discovery Learning (GDL) is a step toward the stud...

Goldmine : an Integration of Data Mining and Static Analysis for Automatic Generation of Hardware

We present GOLDMINE, a methodology for generating assertions automatically. Our method involves a combination of data mining and static analysis of the Register Transfer Level (RTL) design. The RTL design is first simulated to generate data about the design’s dynamic behavior. The generated data is then mined for “candidate assertions” that are likely to be invariants. We present both a decisio...

Numeric Types in Formal Synthesis

The Formal Synthesis methodology can be considered as the application of the transformational approach to circuit synthesis by logical transformations performed in a theorem prover. Additionally to the implementation of the circuit, the proof that the result is a correct implementation of a given specification is obtained automatically. In this paper, a higher-order formalisation for the arithm...