Interpolating Property Directed Reachability
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Current SAT-based Model Checking is based on two major approaches: Interpolation-based (Imc) (global, with unrollings) and Property Directed Reachability/IC3 (Pdr) (local, without unrollings). Imc generates candidate invariants using interpolation over an unrolling of a system, without putting any restrictions on the SAT-solver’s search. Pdr generates candidate invariants by a local search over a single instantiation of the transition relation, effectively guiding the SAT solver’s search. The two techniques are considered to be orthogonal and have different strength and limitations. In this paper, we present a new technique, called Avy, that effectively combines the key insights of the two approaches. Like Imc, it uses unrollings and interpolants to construct an initial candidate invariant, and, like Pdr, it uses local inductive generalization to keep the invariants in compact clausal form. On the one hand, Avy is an incremental Imc extended with a local search for CNF interpolants. On the other, it is Pdr extended with a global search for bounded counterexamples. We implemented the technique using ABC and have evaluated it on the HWMCC benchmark-suite from 2012 and 2013. Our results show that the prototype significantly outperforms Pdr and McMillan’s interpolation algorithm (as implemented in ABC) on the industrial sub-category of the benchmark.
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تاریخ انتشار 2014