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We have provided mechanical verification support for DisCo, an object oriented language and method for the specification of reactive systems. The paper has two main contributions. The first one is a mapping of object oriented specifications to the PVS theorem prover, where their invariant properties can be mechanically verified. The second one is the use of the theorem prover together with the animation facility of the DisCo environment when strengthening invariants.
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Kellomäki, P. (1997). Verification of reactive systems using DisCo and PVS. In: Fitzgerald, J., Jones, C.B., Lucas, P. (eds) FME '97: Industrial Applications and Strengthened Foundations of Formal Methods. FME 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1313. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63533-5_31
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