Researchers have developed a new method for systematically identifying bugs in aircraft collision avoidance systems, high-speed train controls and other complex, computer-controlled devices ...

More information: Qinhan Tan et al, RTL Verification for Secure Speculation Using Contract Shadow Logic, arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2407.12232 Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Good logic, it turned out, ... which led philosopher Karl Popper to argue that the method of science is—or at least should be ... But just a single counterexample can prove a theory ...

Formal methods offer a mathematically rigorous framework for the specification, development and verification of programming languages and software systems.