[mod.ai] Seminar - Propositional Temporal Logic for Programs

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