CoqIOA : a formalization of IO automata in the Coq proof assistant

Implementing distributed systems correctly is difficult. Designing correct distributed systems protocols is challenging because designs must account for concurrent operation and handle network and machine failures. Implementing these protocols is challenging as well: it is difficult to avoid subtle bugs in implementations of complex protocols. Formal verification is a promising approach to ensuring distributed systems are free of bugs, but verification is challenging and time-consuming. Unfortunately, current approaches to mechanically verifying distributed systems in proof assistants using deductive verification do not allow for modular reasoning, which could greatly reduce the effort required to implement verified distributed systems by enabling reuse of code and proofs. This thesis presents CoqIOA, a framework for reasoning about distributed systems in a compositional way. CoqIOA builds on the theory of input/output automata to support specification, proof, and composition of systems within the proof assistant. The framework's implementation of the theory of IO automata, including refinement, simulation relations, and composition, are all machine-checked in the Coq proof assistant. An evaluation of CoqIOA demonstrates that the framework enables compositional reasoning about distributed systems within the proof assistant.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Athalye, Anish (Anish R.)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• M. Frans Kaashoek and Nickolai Zeldovich.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112831

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/112831