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Efficient execution in an automated reasoning environment

Part of: JFP Research Articles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2008

DAVID A. GREVE ,
MATT KAUFMANN ,
PANAGIOTIS MANOLIOS ,
J STROTHER MOORE ,
SANDIP RAY ,
JOSÉ LUIS RUIZ-REINA ,
ROB SUMNERS ,
DARON VROON  and
MATTHEW WILDING
DAVID A. GREVE
Affiliation:
Rockwell Collins Advanced Technology Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
MATT KAUFMANN
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (url: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kaufmann/)
PANAGIOTIS MANOLIOS
Affiliation:
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA (url: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/home/manolios/)
J STROTHER MOORE
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (url: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moore/)
SANDIP RAY
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (url: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/sandip/)
JOSÉ LUIS RUIZ-REINA
Affiliation:
Dep. de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial, Univ. de Sevilla, Seville, Spain (url: http://www.cs.us.es/~jruiz/)
ROB SUMNERS
Affiliation:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
DARON VROON
Affiliation:
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA (url: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/home/vroon/)
MATTHEW WILDING
Affiliation:
Rockwell Collins Advanced Technology Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA (url: http://hokiepokie.org/)
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Abstract

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We describe a method that permits the user of a mechanized mathematical logic to write elegant logical definitions while allowing sound and efficient execution. In particular, the features supporting this method allow the user to install, in a logically sound way, alternative executable counterparts for logically defined functions. These alternatives are often much more efficient than the logically equivalent terms they replace. These features have been implemented in the ACL2 theorem prover, and we discuss several applications of the features in ACL2.

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Journal of Functional Programming , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 15 - 46
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