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Guarded Kleene Algebra with Tests: Verification of Uninterpreted Programs in Nearly Linear Time
- Source :
- Proc. POPL 2020, pp 61:1-61:28
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Guarded Kleene Algebra with Tests (GKAT) is a variation on Kleene Algebra with Tests (KAT) that arises by restricting the union ($+$) and iteration ($*$) operations from KAT to predicate-guarded versions. We develop the (co)algebraic theory of GKAT and show how it can be efficiently used to reason about imperative programs. In contrast to KAT, whose equational theory is PSPACE-complete, we show that the equational theory of GKAT is (almost) linear time. We also provide a full Kleene theorem and prove completeness for an analogue of Salomaa's axiomatization of Kleene Algebra.<br />Comment: Extended version with appendix
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Proc. POPL 2020, pp 61:1-61:28
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1907.05920
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3371129