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Title Interpolation in Practical Formal Development
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Abstract Interpolation (together with completeness and decidability)has become one of the standard properties that logicians investigate when designing a logic. In this paper, we provide strong evidence that the presence of interpolants is not only cogent for scientific reasoning but has also important practical implications in computer science. We illustrate that interpolation in general, and uniform splitting interpolants, in particular, play an important role in applications where formality and modularity are invoked. In recognition of the fact that common logical formalisms often lack uniform interpolants, we advocate the need for developing general methods to (re)engineer a specification logic so that (at least) some critical uniform interpolants become available.
Organisation CCLRC , BITD
Keywords information flow , B , modularity , structuring , Craig interpolation , formal specification
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Related Research Object(s): 34215
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Language English (EN)
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Paper In Conference Proceedings In International Conference on Pure and Applied Practical Reasoning (FAPR 2000), London, England, 2000, (2000). 2000