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The Localization Reduction and Counterexample-Guided Abstraction Refinement

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Automated abstraction is widely recognized as a key method for computer-aided verification of hardware and software. In this paper, we describe the evolution of counterexample-guided refinement and other iterative abstraction refinement techniques.

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  1. School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

    Edmund M. Clarke

  2. Cadence Design Systems, Inc., New York, NY 10014

    Robert P. Kurshan

  3. Formal Methods in Systems Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

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    Doron A. Peled

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Clarke, E.M., Kurshan, R.P., Veith, H. (2010). The Localization Reduction and Counterexample-Guided Abstraction Refinement. In: Manna, Z., Peled, D.A. (eds) Time for Verification. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6200. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13754-9_4

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