Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, 2011
Recent years have witnessed dramatic improvements in the capabilities of propositional satisfiabi... more Recent years have witnessed dramatic improvements in the capabilities of propositional satisfiability procedures or SAT solvers. The speedups are the result of numerous optimizations including conflict-directed backjumping. We use the Prototype Verification System (PVS) to verify a satisfiability procedure based on the Davis-Putnam-Logemann-Loveland (DPLL) scheme that features these optimizations. This exercise is a step toward the verification of an efficient implementation of the satisfiability procedure. Our verification of a SAT solver is part of a larger program of research to provide a secure foundation for inference using a verified reference kernel that contains a verified SAT solver. Our verification exploits predicate subtypes and dependent types in PVS to capture the specification and the key invariants.
Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, 2011
Recent years have witnessed dramatic improvements in the capabilities of propositional satisfiabi... more Recent years have witnessed dramatic improvements in the capabilities of propositional satisfiability procedures or SAT solvers. The speedups are the result of numerous optimizations including conflict-directed backjumping. We use the Prototype Verification System (PVS) to verify a satisfiability procedure based on the Davis-Putnam-Logemann-Loveland (DPLL) scheme that features these optimizations. This exercise is a step toward the verification of an efficient implementation of the satisfiability procedure. Our verification of a SAT solver is part of a larger program of research to provide a secure foundation for inference using a verified reference kernel that contains a verified SAT solver. Our verification exploits predicate subtypes and dependent types in PVS to capture the specification and the key invariants.
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