Kenneth McMillan
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Kenneth McMillan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in model checking and formal verification.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kenneth McMillan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2169599 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth McMillan Context triple: [Edmund M. Clarke, notableStudent, Kenneth McMillan]
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A.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
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B.
Allan MacEachen
Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
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C.
Douglas McPhail
Douglas McPhail was an American singer and actor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for his musical film roles at MGM.
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D.
Bob MacKinnon
Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
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E.
Don Jamieson
Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth McMillan Target entity description: Kenneth McMillan is a computer scientist known for his influential work in model checking and formal verification.
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A.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
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B.
Allan MacEachen
Allan MacEachen was a prominent Canadian Liberal politician and long-serving cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping Canada's domestic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
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C.
Douglas McPhail
Douglas McPhail was an American singer and actor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s, known for his musical film roles at MGM.
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D.
Bob MacKinnon
Bob MacKinnon was an American basketball coach known for his work in the ABA and NBA, including leading the Spirits of St. Louis.
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E.
Don Jamieson
Don Jamieson was a Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister who served prominently in federal government roles, including in foreign affairs, during the latter half of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | computer scientist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
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linked to:
Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award
CAV Award ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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formal methods ⓘ formal verification ⓘ model checking ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
formal methods in industry
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hardware design verification ⓘ software reliability ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of industrial model checking tools
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research in SAT-based verification ⓘ research in property-directed reachability methods ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Craig interpolation in model checking
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IC3 model checking algorithm ⓘ abstraction techniques in model checking ⓘ compositional model checking ⓘ contributions to hardware verification ⓘ contributions to software verification ⓘ property-directed reachability ⓘ refinement-based verification methods ⓘ symbolic model checking ⓘ work on SAT-based model checking ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Craig interpolation in verification
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IC3 algorithm ⓘ property-directed reachability (PDR) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Compositional model checking
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IC3: Incremental Construction of Inductive Clauses for Indubitable Correctness ⓘ Interpolation and SAT-based model checking ⓘ Symbolic Model Checking: An Approach to the State Explosion Problem ⓘ
linked to:
Symbolic Model Checking
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| researchArea |
SAT/SMT-based verification
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abstraction refinement ⓘ hardware model checking ⓘ software model checking ⓘ symbolic verification ⓘ temporal logic model checking ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (2)
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