Instantiation of SMT problems modulo integers

  • Authors:
  • Mnacho Echenim;Nicolas Peltier

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Grenoble, LIG, Grenoble INP, CNRS;University of Grenoble, LIG, Grenoble INP, CNRS

  • Venue:
  • AISC'10/MKM'10/Calculemus'10 Proceedings of the 10th ASIC and 9th MKM international conference, and 17th Calculemus conference on Intelligent computer mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Many decision procedures for SMT problems rely more or less implicitly on an instantiation of the axioms defining the theories under consideration, and differ by making use of the additional properties of each theory, in order to increase efficiency. We present a new technique for devising complete instantiation schemes on SMT problems over a combination of linear arithmetic with another theory T. The method consists in first instantiating the arithmetic part of the formula, and then getting rid of the remaining variables in the problem by using an instantiation strategy which is complete for T. We provide examples evidencing that not only is this technique generic (in the sense that it applies to a wide range of theories) but it is also efficient, even compared to state-of-the-art instantiation schemes for specific theories.