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We present a flexible framework for cooperating decision procedures. We describe the properties needed to ensure correctness and show how it can be applied to implement an efficient version of Nelson and Oppen’s algorithm for combining decision procedures. We also show how a Shostak style decision procedure can be implemented in the framework in such a way that it can be integrated with the Nelson–Oppen method.
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Barrett, C.W., Dill, D.L., Stump, A. (2000). A Framework for Cooperating Decision Procedures. In: McAllester, D. (eds) Automated Deduction - CADE-17. CADE 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1831. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10721959_6
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