Formal Hardware Verification Methods and Systems in Comparison /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kropf, Thomas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1997.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1287
• Subjects: Computer engineering.; Computer hardware.; Computer logic.; Mathematical logic.; Computer Engineering.; Computer Hardware.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.
• Physical Description: XII, 376 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540695776
• ISSN: 0302-9743 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-63475-4

This state-of-the-art monograph presents a coherent survey of a variety of methods and systems for formal hardware verification. It emphasizes the presentation of approaches that have matured into tools and systems usable for the actual verification of nontrivial circuits. All in all, the book is a representative and well-structured survey on the success and future potential of formal methods in proving the correctness of circuits. The various chapters describe the respective approaches supplying theoretical foundations as well as taking into account the application viewpoint. By applying all methods and systems presented to the same set of IFIP WG10.5 hardware verification examples, a valuable and fair analysis of the strenghts and weaknesses of the various approaches is given.