Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design: Second International Conference, FMCAD '98, Palo Alto, CA, USA, November 4-6, 1998, Proceedings: 1522 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1522) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 3540651918 ISBN 13: 9783540651918

Publisher: Springer, 1998

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This volumecontains the proceedingsof the Second InternationalConferenceon Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD'98), organized November 4-6, in Palo Alto, California, USA. The rst event of this series was organized byMandayamSrivasand Albert Camilleriin 1996 inPaloAlto. FMCAD,which evolved from the series Theorem Provers in Circuit Design (TPCD), strives to beapremierforumfordisseminatingresearchinFormalVeri cation(FV) me- ods for digital circuits and systems, including processors, custom VLSI circuits, microcode,andreactivesoftware.Inadditiontosigni cantcase-studiesandve- cationapproaches,FMCADalsoendeavorstorepresentadvancesinthedriving technologies for veri cation, including binary decision diagrams, model che- ing,symbolicreasoning(theorem proving),symbolicsimulation,andabstraction methods. Theconferenceincludedfourinvitedlectures.Theinvitedlecturesweregiven by Kenneth McMillan (Cadence Berkeley Labs) on Minimalist proof assistants: interactions of technology and methodology in formal system level veric ation , by Carl-Johan Seger on Formal methods in CAD from an industrial perspective, by Randal E. Bryant and Bwolen Yang on A performance study of BDD-based model checking, and by Amir Pnueli on Veric ation of data-insensitive circuits: an in-order-retirement case study. Of the 55 regular paper submissionsreceived, 27 were selected by the technical program committee for presentation at the conference. All four tools papers received were also selected. We gratefully acknowledge the services of the technical program comm- tee of FMCAD'98, which consisted of Adnan Aziz (Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA),AlanHu(Univ.ofBritishColumbia,Canada),Albert Camilleri(Hewlett- Packard,USA), CarlPixley(Motorola,USA), CarlosDelgadoKloos (Univ. C- los III de Madrid,Spain), Ching-TsunChou (Intel, USA), EduardCerny (Univ.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design, FMCAD '98, held in Palo Alto, California, USA, in November 1998.The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 55 submissions. Also included are four tools papers and four invited contributions. The papers present the state of the art in formal verification methods for digital circuits and systems, including processors, custom VLSI circuits, microcode, and reactive software. From the methodological point of view, binary decision diagrams, model checking, symbolic reasoning, symbolic simulation, and abstraction methods are covered.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 3540651918
• ISBN 13: 9783540651918
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 548
• Editor: Gopalakrishnan Ganesh, Windley Phillip