Abstract
As a particular case study of the formal verification of state-of-the-art, real software, we discuss the specification and verification of a corrected version of the implementation of a linked list as provided by the Java Collection framework.
Keywords: Java standard library, deductive verification, KeY, Java Modeling Language, case study, bug
Contributor Information
Armin Biere, Email: biere@jku.at.
David Parker, Email: d.a.parker@cs.bham.ac.uk.
Hans-Dieter A. Hiep, Email: hdh@cwi.nl
Olaf Maathuis, Email: olaf.maathuis@achmea.nl.
Jinting Bian, Email: j.bian@cwi.nl.
Frank S. de Boer, Email: frb@cwi.nl
Marko van Eekelen, Email: marko.vaneekelen@ou.nl.
Stijn de Gouw, Email: stijn.degouw@ou.nl.
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