A new text/reference on formal method and techniques and tools for software development project design. Essential book for software engineers in R&D departments in industry, as well as for graduate students.

Klappentext

This book presents current methods for dealing with software reliability, illustrating the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The description of the techniques is intended for a non-expert audience with some minimal technical background. It also describes some advanced techniques, aimed at researchers and practitioners in software engineering. This reference will serve as an introduction to formal methods and techniques and will be a source for learning about various ways to enhance software reliability. Various projects and exercises give readers hands-on experience with the various formal methods and tools.

Inhalt

*Introduction * Preliminaries * Logic and Theorem Proving * Modeling Systems * Formal Specification of Systems Properties * Automatic Verification * Deductive Verification * Process Algebras and Equivalences * Testing * Visualization * Pragmatics of Formal Methods * Conclusions