Why Is Formal Verification in Computer Science So Challenging? πŸ€”

Discover how researchers use formal verification to ensure bug-free critical programs and why the underlying math problem, the re..., makes this process so difficult.

Why Is Formal Verification in Computer Science So Challenging? πŸ€”
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27.8K views β€’ Mar 15, 2024
Why Is Formal Verification in Computer Science So Challenging? πŸ€”

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Researchers use a process called formal verification to ensure critical computer programs are free of bugs. Inside this process is a math problem call the reachability problem for vector addition systems. Find out how this problem was solved by computer scientists.

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