Precise and efficient static array bound checking for large embedded C programs

ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 231-242

  Venet, Arnaud ^a   Brat, Guillaume ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract interpretation; Array bound checking; Difference bound matrices; Pointer analysis; Program verification

Indexed keywords

ADA (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); ALGORITHMS; ARRAYS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR DETECTION; OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ABSTRACT INTERPRETATION; ARRAY-BOUND CHECKING; DIFFERENCE-BOUND MATRICES; POINTER ANALYSIS; PROGRAM VERIFICATION;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 4544301439     PISSN: 03621340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/996893.996869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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