Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation [electronic resource] : 9th International Conference, VMCAI 2008, San Francisco, USA, January 7-9, 2008. Proceedings / edited by Francesco Logozzo, Doron A. Peled, Lenore D. Zuck.

Abstract Interpretation of Non-monotone Bi-inductive Semantic Definitions -- CTL as an Intermediate Language -- Multi-valued Logics, Automata, Simulations, and Games -- Verification of Register Allocators -- Program Analysis and Programming Languages for Security -- An Improved Tight Closure Algorithm for Integer Octagonal Constraints -- Handling Parameterized Systems with Non-atomic Global Conditions -- Abstract Interpretation of the Physical Inputs of Embedded Programs -- Diagnostic Information for Realizability -- Approximation Refinement for Interpolation-Based Model Checking -- Abstract Interpretation of Cellular Signalling Networks -- Is Lazy Abstraction a Decision Procedure for Broadcast Protocols? -- Model Checking for Action Abstraction -- On Bridging Simulation and Formal Verification -- Extending Model Checking with Dynamic Analysis -- Deriving Bisimulations by Simplifying Partitions -- Precise Set Sharing Analysis for Java-Style Programs -- Sufficient Preconditions for Modular Assertion Checking -- Runtime Checking for Separation Logic -- Decision Procedures for Multisets with Cardinality Constraints -- All You Need Is Compassion -- A Forward-Backward Abstraction Refinement Algorithm -- Internal and External Logics of Abstract Interpretations -- From LTL to Symbolically Represented Deterministic Automata -- Monitoring Temporal Properties of Stochastic Systems -- A Hybrid Algorithm for LTL Games.