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Universal quantifiers occur frequently in proof obligations produced by program verifiers, for instance, to axiomatize uninterpreted functions and to express properties of arrays. SMT-based verifiers typically reason about them via…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2021-12-15 Alexandra Bugariu , Arshavir Ter-Gabrielyan , Peter Müller

Verification methods based on SAT, SMT, and Theorem Proving often rely on proofs of unsatisfiability as a powerful tool to extract information in order to reduce the overall effort. For example a proof may be traversed to identify a minimal…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-04-16 S. F. Rollini , R. Bruttomesso , N. Sharygina , A. Tsitovich

Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) specifications often rely on quantifiers to remain concise and declarative. However, checking the satisfiability of such specifications directly can be inefficient. A common optimization is to ground the…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Pierre Carbonnelle

We introduce an approach that aims to combine the usage of satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) solvers with the Combinatory Logic Synthesizer (CL)S framework. (CL)S is a tool for the automatic composition of software components from a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-08-27 Fadil Kallat , Tristan Schäfer , Anna Vasileva

Reasoning about array data structures is a key requirement for many applications in hardware and software verification, especially in combination with machine integers. The Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) theory of extensional arrays…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Mathias Preiner , Aina Niemetz , Clark Barrett

Given a formula $F$ of satisfiability modulo theory (SMT), the classical SMT solver tries to (1) abstract $F$ as a Boolean formula $F_B$, (2) find a Boolean solution to $F_B$, and (3) check whether the Boolean solution is consistent with…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-03-17 Shang-Wei Lin , Si-Han Chen , Tzu-Fan Wang , Yean-Ru Chen

This work focuses on effectively generating diverse solutions for satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) formulas, targeting the theories of bit-vectors, arrays, and uninterpreted functions, which is a critical task in software and hardware…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Shuangyu Lyu , Chuan Luo , Ruizhi Shi , Wei Wu , Chanjuan Liu , Chunming Hu

Generating proofs of unsatisfiability is a valuable capability of most SAT solvers, and is an active area of research for SMT solvers. This paper introduces the first method to efficiently generate proofs of unsatisfiability specifically…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Nick Feng , Alan J. Hu , Sam Bayless , Syed M. Iqbal , Patrick Trentin , Mike Whalen , Lee Pike , John Backes

This short paper proposes to learn models of satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) formulas during solving. Specifically, we focus on infinite models for problems in the logic of linear arithmetic with uninterpreted functions (UFLIA). The…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Mikoláš Janota , Bartosz Piotrowski , Karel Chvalovský

The satisfiability problem in real closed fields is decidable. In the context of satisfiability modulo theories, the problem restricted to conjunctive sets of literals, that is, sets of polynomial constraints, is of particular importance.…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-11-05 Maximilian Jaroschek , Pablo Federico Dobal , Pascal Fontaine

The increased interest in reactive synthesis over the last decade has led to many improved solutions but also to many new questions. In this paper, we discuss the question of how to deal with assumptions on environment behavior. We present…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-07-22 Roderick Bloem , Rüdiger Ehlers , Swen Jacobs , Robert Könighofer

Many decision procedures for SMT problems rely more or less implicitly on an instantiation of the axioms of the theories under consideration, and differ by making use of the additional properties of each theory, in order to increase…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2010-06-16 Mnacho Echenim , Nicolas Peltier

This paper presents a new refutation procedure for multimodular systems of integer constraints that commonly arise when verifying cryptographic protocols. These systems, involving polynomial equalities and disequalities modulo different…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Elizaveta Pertseva , Alex Ozdemir , Shankara Pailoor , Alp Bassa , Sorawee Porncharoenwase , Işil Dillig , Clark Barrett

The Why3 IDE and verification system facilitates the use of a wide range of Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT) solvers through a driver-based architecture. We present Where4: a portfolio-based approach to discharge Why3 proof obligations.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-01-31 Andrew Healy , Rosemary Monahan , James F. Power

We investigate the domain of satisfiable formulas in satisfiability modulo theories (SMT), in particular, automatic generation of a multitude of satisfying assignments to such formulas. Despite the long and successful history of SMT in…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-12-14 Matan Peled , Bat-Chen Rothenberg , Shachar Itzhaky

In the contexts of automated reasoning (AR) and formal verification (FV), important decision problems are effectively encoded into Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT). In the last decade efficient SMT solvers have been developed for…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-10-23 Roberto Sebastiani , Silvia Tomasi

Answer Set Programming Modulo Theories (ASPMT) is an approach to combining answer set programming and satisfiability modulo theories based on the functional stable model semantics. It is shown that the tight fragment of ASPMT programs can…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Michael Bartholomew , Joohyung Lee

In the contexts of automated reasoning and formal verification, important decision problems are effectively encoded into Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT). In the last decade efficient SMT solvers have been developed for several theories…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-02-08 Roberto Sebastiani , Silvia Tomasi

The ability to generate test data is often a necessary prerequisite for automated software testing. For the generated data to be fit for its intended purpose, the data usually has to satisfy various logical constraints. When testing is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Ghanem Soltana , Mehrdad Sabetzadeh , Lionel C. Briand

Many SMT solvers implement efficient SAT-based procedures for solving fixed-size bit-vector formulas. These approaches, however, cannot be used directly to reason about bit-vectors of symbolic bit-width. To address this shortcoming, we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Aina Niemetz , Mathias Preiner , Andrew Reynolds , Yoni Zohar , Clark Barrett , Cesare Tinelli