Abstract
The InterACT tool is an interactive theorem prover for algebraic specifications emphasizing user-friendliness. InterACT is integrated in the existing ACT environment. The main purpose of InterACT is to teach formal methods in universitary courses about formal specification of software systems. It has already been used successfully in this area.
The theoretical and practical concepts underlying InterACT are described in this paper. Ideas for the design of user interfaces for interactive theorem provers can be found.
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Klar, M., Geisler, R., Cornelius, F. (1996). InterACT: An interactive theorem and completeness prover for algebraic specifications with conditional equations. In: Haveraaen, M., Owe, O., Dahl, OJ. (eds) Recent Trends in Data Type Specification. ADT COMPASS 1995 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1130. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61629-2_49
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