We present an algebraic verification of Segall’s propagation of information with feedback algorithm and we report on the verification of the proof using the PVS system. This algorithm serves as a nice benchmark for verification exercises (see [2, 8, 17]). The verification is based on the methodology presented in [7] and demonstrates its suitability to deliver mechanically verifiable correctness proofs of highly nondeterministic distributed algorithms.
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Formal Aspects of Computing
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Groote, J. F., Monin, F., & Springintveld, J. G. (2005). A computer checked algebraic verification of a distributed summation algorithm. Formal Aspects of Computing, 17(1), 19–37. doi:10.1007/s00165-004-0052-7