Automatic Verification by Abstract Interpretation

We discuss the use of abstract interpretation in the context of automatic program verification requiring precise abstractions. We compare entirely manual versus user-guided abstractions ranging from program-specific abstractions including predicate abstraction to the systematic design of abstract domains and iteration strategies.

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