Preliminaries -- Overview of Formal Verification -- to ACL2 -- Sequential Program Verification -- Sequential Programs -- Operational Semantics and Assertional Reasoning -- Connecting Different Proof Styles -- Verification of Reactive Systems -- Reactive Systems -- Verifying Concurrent Protocols Using Refinements -- Pipelined Machines -- Invariant Proving -- Invariant Proving -- Predicate Abstraction via Rewriting -- Formal Integration of Decision Procedures -- Integrating Deductive and Algorithmic Reasoning -- A Compositional Model Checking Procedure -- Connecting External Deduction Tools with ACL2 -- Conclusion -- Summary and Conclusion.

This book presents state-of-the-art approaches to formal verification techniques to seamlessly integrate different formal verification methods within a single logical foundation. It should benefit researchers and practitioners looking to get a broad overview of the spectrum of formal verification techniques, as well as approaches to combining such techniques within a single framework. Coverage includes a range of case studies showing how such combination is fruitful in developing a scalable verification methodology for industrial designs. This book outlines both theoretical and practical issues involved in integrating different reasoning methods to work in concert, and current approaches to their resolution.