Previous studies have demonstrated the usefulness of employing automated static analysis
tools (ASAT) and techniques to detect security bugs in software systems. However, these …

Correctness-by-Construction (CbC) is an approach to incrementally create formally correct
programs guided by pre-and postcondition specifications. A program is created using …

Abstract The Symbolic Execution Debugger (SED), is an extension of the debug platform for
interactive debuggers based on symbolic execution. The SED comes with a static symbolic …

The Symbolic Execution Debugger (SED) is an extension of the Eclipse debug platform for
interactive symbolic execution. Like a traditional debugger, the SED can be used to locate …

Theorem provers have highly complex interfaces, but there are not many systematic studies
of their usability and effectiveness. Specifically, for interactive theorem provers the ability to …

Deductive verification is about proving that a piece of code conforms to a given requirement
specification. For legacy code, this task is notoriously hard for three reasons:(1) writing …

Buffer overflow (BO) is a well-known and widely exploited security vulnerability. Despite the
extensive body of research, BO is still a threat menacing security-critical applications. The …

There are many options to improve the quality of software systems by checking that the
system fulfills its intended requirements. Among the most rigorous options is deductive …

Deductive program verification is a difficult task: in general, user guidance is required to
control the proof search and construction. Providing the right guiding information is …

Developing defect free design of software systems is an important problem. This is because
of high cost incurred due to failure of incorrectly designed software. In this paper, we …