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This paper presents IsaBIL, a binary analysis framework in Isabelle/HOL that is based on the widely used Binary Analysis Platform (BAP). Specifically, in IsaBIL, we formalise BAP's intermediate language, called BIL and integrate it with…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Matt Griffin , Brijesh Dongol , Azalea Raad

We present an approach for testing student learning outcomes in a course on automated reasoning using the Isabelle proof assistant. The approach allows us to test both general understanding of formal proofs in various logical proof systems…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Frederik Krogsdal Jacobsen , Jørgen Villadsen

Probabilistic model checkers like PRISM only check probabilistic systems of a fixed size. To guarantee the desired properties for an arbitrary size, mathematical analysis is necessary. We show for two case studies how this can be done in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-12-18 Johannes Hölzl , Tobias Nipkow

We present the first verified implementation of a decision procedure for the quantifier-free theory of partial and linear orders. We formalise the procedure in Isabelle/HOL and provide a specification that is made executable using…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-11-25 Lukas Stevens , Tobias Nipkow

Interactive theorem provers have developed dramatically over the past four decades, from primitive beginnings to today's powerful systems. Here, we focus on Isabelle/HOL and its distinctive strengths. They include automatic proof search,…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-10-14 Lawrence C. Paulson , Tobias Nipkow , Makarius Wenzel

We present a formalization in Isabelle/HOL of quantum projective measurements, a class of measurements involving orthogonal projectors that is frequently used in quantum computing. We also formalize the CHSH inequality, a result that holds…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Mnacho Echenim , Mehdi Mhalla

This work presents a formalized proof of modal completeness for G\"odel-L\"ob provability logic (GL) in the HOL Light theorem prover. We describe the code we developed, and discuss some details of our implementation, focusing on our choices…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Marco Maggesi , Cosimo Perini Brogi

The growing complexity and diversity of models used in the engineering of dependable systems implies that a variety of formal methods, across differing abstractions, paradigms, and presentations, must be integrated. Such an integration…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Simon Foster , James Baxter , Ana Cavalcanti , Jim Woodcock , Frank Zeyda

Proof by coupling is a classical proof technique for establishing probabilistic properties of two probabilistic processes, like stochastic dominance and rapid mixing of Markov chains. More recently, couplings have been investigated as a…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2017-04-04 Gilles Barthe , Thomas Espitau , Benjamin Grégoire , Justin Hsu , Pierre-Yves Strub

Recently, a growing number of researchers have applied machine learning to assist users of interactive theorem provers. However, the expressive nature of underlying logics and esoteric structures of proof documents impede machine learning…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-05-27 Yutaka Nagashima

We describe the formalization of the Ionescu-Tulcea theorem, showing the existence of a probability measure on the space of trajectories of a Markov chain, in the proof assistant Lean using the integrated library Mathlib. We first present a…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Etienne Marion

We propose and investigate probabilistic guarantees for the adversarial robustness of classification algorithms. While traditional formal verification approaches for robustness are intractable and sampling-based approaches do not provide…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Peter Blohm , Patrick Indri , Thomas Gärtner , Sagar Malhotra

The proof of the relative consistency of the axiom of choice has been mechanized using Isabelle/ZF. The proof builds upon a previous mechanization of the reflection theorem. The heavy reliance on metatheory in the original proof makes the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Lawrence C. Paulson

Consensus protocols are crucial for a blockchain system as they are what allow agreement between the system's nodes in a potentially adversarial environment. For this reason, it is paramount to ensure their correct design and implementation…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Elliot Jones , William Knottenbelt

We describe a dataset expressing and proving properties of graph trails, using Isabelle/HOL. We formalize the reasoning about strictly increasing and decreasing trails, using weights over edges, and prove lower bounds over the length of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-03-08 Laura Kovacs , Hanna Lachnitt , Stefan Szeider

This thesis explores proofs by coupling from the perspective of formal verification. Long employed in probability theory and theoretical computer science, these proofs construct couplings between the output distributions of two…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-11-02 Justin Hsu

We report our experience formally modelling and verifying CXL.cache, the inter-device cache coherence protocol of the Compute Express Link standard. We have used the Isabelle proof assistant to create a formal model for CXL.cache based on…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Chengsong Tan , Alastair F. Donaldson , John Wickerson

We present a process for the development of safety and security critical components in transportation systems targeting a high-level certification (CENELEC 50126/50128, DO 178, CC ISO/IEC 15408). The process adheres to the objectives of an…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-05-17 Sergio Bezzecchi , Paolo Crisafulli , Charlotte Pichot , Burkhart Wolff

We present a generic and executable formalization of signature-based algorithms (such as Faug\`ere's $F_5$) for computing Gr\"obner bases, as well as their mathematical background, in the Isabelle/HOL proof assistant. Said algorithms are…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Alexander Maletzky

We introduce a language, PSL, designed to capture high level proof strategies in Isabelle/HOL. Given a strategy and a proof obligation, PSL's runtime system generates and combines various tactics to explore a large search space with low…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-03-03 Yutaka Nagashima , Ramana Kumar