CALENDAR@IBM-SJ.ARPA (02/28/86)
IBM Almaden Research Center 650 Harry Road San Jose, CA 95120-6099 CALENDAR March 3, 1986 - March 7, 1986 Computer EXPRESSING INTERESTING PROPERTIES OF PROGRAMS Science IN PROPOSITIONAL TEMPORAL LOGIC Seminar P. Wolper, AT&T Bell Labs and Stanford University Tues., Mar. 4 We show that the class of properties of programs 10:30 A.M. expressible in propositional temporal logic B1-413 can be substantially extended if we assume the programs to be data-independent. Basically, a program is data-independent if its behavior does not depend on the specific data it operates upon. Our results significantly extend the applicability of program verification and synthesis methods based on propositional temporal logic. Host: M. Vardi