Formal Methods And Testing

Author : Bernard Murphy,Manish Pandey,Sean Safarpour
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 198627411X

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Finding Your Way Through Formal Verification by Bernard Murphy,Manish Pandey,Sean Safarpour Pdf

There are already many books on formal verification, from academic to application-centric, and from tutorials for beginners to guides for advanced users. Many are excellent for their intended purpose; we recommend a few at the end of this book. But most start from the assumption that you have already committed to becoming a hands-on expert (or in some cases that you already are an expert). We feel that detailed tutorials are not the easiest place to extract the introductory view many of us are looking for - background, a general idea of how methods work, applications and how formal verification is managed in the overall verification objective. Since we're writing for a fairly wide audience, we cover some topics that some of you may consider elementary (why verification is hard), some we hope will be of general interest (elementary understanding of the technology) and others that may not immediately interest some readers (setting up a formal verification team). What we intentionally do not cover at all is how to become a hands-on expert.

Author : Jean-Francois Monin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447100430

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Understanding Formal Methods by Jean-Francois Monin Pdf

This is an excellent introduction to formal methods which will bring anyone who needs to know about this important topic up to speed. It is comprehensive, giving the reader all the information needed to explore the field of formal methods in more detail. It offers: a guide to the mathematics required; comprehensive but easy-to-understand introductions to various methods; a run-down of how formal methods can help to develop high-quality systems that come in on time, within budget, and according to requirements.

Author : Jens Grabowski,Brian Nielsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540251095

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Formal Approaches to Software Testing by Jens Grabowski,Brian Nielsen Pdf

Testing often accounts for more than 50% of the required e?ort during system development.Thechallengeforresearchistoreducethesecostsbyprovidingnew methods for the speci?cation and generation of high-quality tests. Experience has shown that the use of formal methods in testing represents a very important means for improving the testing process. Formal methods allow for the analysis andinterpretationofmodelsinarigorousandprecisemathematicalmanner.The use of formal methods is not restricted to system models only. Test models may alsobeexamined.Analyzingsystemmodelsprovidesthepossibilityofgenerating complete test suites in a systematic and possibly automated manner whereas examining test models allows for the detection of design errors in test suites and their optimization with respect to readability or compilation and execution time. Due to the numerous possibilities for their application, formal methods have become more and more popular in recent years. The Formal Approaches in Software Testing (FATES) workshop series also bene?ts from the growing popularity of formal methods. After the workshops in Aalborg (Denmark, 2001), Brno (Czech Republic, 2002) and Montr ́ eal (Canada, 2003), FATES 2004 in Linz (Austria) was the fourth workshop of this series. Similar to the workshop in 2003, FATES 2004 was organized in a?liation with the IEEE/ACM Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2004). FATES 2004 received 41 submissions. Each submission was reviewed by at least three independent reviewers from the Program Committee with the help of some additional reviewers. Based on their evaluations, 14 full papers and one wo- in-progress paper from 11 di?erent countries were selected for presentation.

Author : Robert M. Hierons,Jonathan P. Bowen,Mark Harman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540789161

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Formal Methods and Testing by Robert M. Hierons,Jonathan P. Bowen,Mark Harman Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed and peer-reviewed outcome of the Formal Methods and Testing (FORTEST) network - formed as a network established under UK EPSRC funding that investigated the relationships between formal (and semi-formal) methods and software testing - now being a subject group of two BCS Special Interest Groups: Formal Aspects of Computing Science (BCS FACS) and Special Interest Group in Software Testing (BCS SIGIST). Each of the 12 chapters in this book describes a way in which the study of formal methods and software testing can be combined in a manner that brings the benefits of formal methods (e.g., precision, clarity, provability) with the advantages of testing (e.g., scalability, generality, applicability).

Author : Flemming Nielson,Hanne Riis Nielson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030051563

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Formal Methods by Flemming Nielson,Hanne Riis Nielson Pdf

This textbook is an introduction to the use of formal methods ranging from semantics of key programming constructs to techniques for the analysis and verification of programs. The authors use program graphs as the mechanism for representing the control structure of programs in order to find a balance between generality and conceptual complexity. The early chapters on program graphs and the Guarded Commands language are sufficient introduction for most readers to then enjoy a plug-and-play approach to the remaining chapters. These explain formal methods for analysing the behaviour of programs in various ways ranging from verification, via program analysis and language-based security, to model checking. The remaining chapters present language extensions with procedures and concurrency and cover their semantics. The book is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in software development, and the text is supported throughout with exercises of varying grades of difficulty. The authors have developed an online learning environment that allows students to create examples beyond those covered in the main text, and in the book appendices they present programming projects aimed at implementing central parts of the development using the functional language F#.

Author : Robert M. Hierons,Jonathan P. Bowen,Mark Harman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540789178

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Formal Methods and Testing by Robert M. Hierons,Jonathan P. Bowen,Mark Harman Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed and peer-reviewed outcome of the Formal Methods and Testing (FORTEST) network - formed as a network established under UK EPSRC funding that investigated the relationships between formal (and semi-formal) methods and software testing - now being a subject group of two BCS Special Interest Groups: Formal Aspects of Computing Science (BCS FACS) and Special Interest Group in Software Testing (BCS SIGIST). Each of the 12 chapters in this book describes a way in which the study of formal methods and software testing can be combined in a manner that brings the benefits of formal methods (e.g., precision, clarity, provability) with the advantages of testing (e.g., scalability, generality, applicability).

Author : Andreas Ulrich
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540246176

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Formal Approaches to Software Testing by Andreas Ulrich Pdf

Formal methods provide system designers with the possibility to analyze system models and reason about them with mathematical precision and rigor. The use of formal methods is not restricted to the early development phases of a system, though. The di?erent testing phases can also bene?t from them to ease the p- duction and application of e?ective and e?cient tests. Many still regard formal methods and testing as an odd combination. Formal methods traditionally aim at verifying and proving correctness (a typical academic activity), while testing shows only the presence of errors (this is what practitioners do). Nonetheless, there is an increasing interest in the use of formal methods in software testing. It is expected that formal approaches are about to make a major impact on eme- ing testing technologies and practices. Testing proves to be a good starting point for introducing formal methods in the software development process. This volume contains the papers presented at the 3rd Workshop on Formal Approaches to Testing of Software, FATES 2003, that was in a?liation with the IEEE/ACM Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2003). This year, FATES received 43 submissions. Each submission was reviewed by at least three independent reviewers from the program committee with the help of - ditional reviewers. Based on their evaluations, 18 papers submitted by authors from 13 di?erent countries were selected for presentation at the workshop.

Author : Michael Gerard Hinchey,Jonathan Peter Bowen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015037865444

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Applications of Formal Methods by Michael Gerard Hinchey,Jonathan Peter Bowen Pdf

This collection of case studies contains contributions illustrating the application of formal methods to real-life problems with industrial relevance.

Author : Pat A. V. Hall,Robert Hierons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:257407793

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Formal Methods and Testing by Pat A. V. Hall,Robert Hierons Pdf

Author : Klaus Schneider
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783662107782

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Verification of Reactive Systems by Klaus Schneider Pdf

This book is a solid foundation of the most important formalisms used for specification and verification of reactive systems. In particular, the text presents all important results on m-calculus, w-automata, and temporal logics, shows the relationships between these formalisms and describes state-of-the-art verification procedures for them. It also discusses advantages and disadvantages of these formalisms, and shows up their strengths and weaknesses. Most results are given with detailed proofs, so that the presentation is almost self-contained. Includes all definitions without relying on other material Proves all theorems in detail Presents detailed algorithms in pseudo-code for verification as well as translations to other formalisms

Author : Markus Roggenbach,Antonio Cerone,Bernd-Holger Schlingloff,Gerardo Schneider,Siraj Ahmed Shaikh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030388003

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Formal Methods for Software Engineering by Markus Roggenbach,Antonio Cerone,Bernd-Holger Schlingloff,Gerardo Schneider,Siraj Ahmed Shaikh Pdf

Software programs are formal entities with precise meanings independent of their programmers, so the transition from ideas to programs necessarily involves a formalisation at some point. The first part of this graduate-level introduction to formal methods develops an understanding of what constitutes formal methods and what their place is in Software Engineering. It also introduces logics as languages to describe reasoning and the process algebra CSP as a language to represent behaviours. The second part offers specification and testing methods for formal development of software, based on the modelling languages CASL and UML. The third part takes the reader into the application domains of normative documents, human machine interfaces, and security. Use of notations and formalisms is uniform throughout the book. Topics and features: Explains foundations, and introduces specification, verification, and testing methods Explores various application domains Presents realistic and practical examples, illustrating concepts Brings together contributions from highly experienced educators and researchers Offers modelling and analysis methods for formal development of software Suitable for graduate and undergraduate courses in software engineering, this uniquely practical textbook will also be of value to students in informatics, as well as to scientists and practical engineers, who want to learn about or work more effectively with formal theories and methods. Markus Roggenbach is a Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science of Swansea University. Antonio Cerone is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science of Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan. Bernd-Holger Schlingloff is a Professor in the Institut für Informatik of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Gerardo Schneider is a Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering of University of Gothenburg. Siraj Ahmed Shaikh is a Professor in the Institute for Future Transport and Cities of Coventry University. The companion site for the book offers additional resources, including further material for selected chapters, prepared lab classes, a list of errata, slides and teaching material, and virtual machines with preinstalled tools and resources for hands-on experience with examples from the book. The URL is: https://sefm-book.github.io

Author : Bernhard Beckert,Ferruccio Damiani,Dilian Gurov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642317620

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Formal Verification of Object-Oriented Software by Bernhard Beckert,Ferruccio Damiani,Dilian Gurov Pdf

This book presents the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Conference on Formal Verification of Object-Oriented Software, FoVeOOS 2011, held in Turin, Italy, in October 2011 – organised by COST Action IC0701. The 10 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. Formal software verification has outgrown the area of academic case studies, and industry is showing serious interest. The logical next goal is the verification of industrial software products. Most programming languages used in industrial practice are object-oriented, e.g. Java, C++, or C#. FoVeOOS 2011 aimed to foster collaboration and interactions among researchers in this area.

Author : Tiziana Margaria,Bernhard Steffen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642165610

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Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification, and Validation by Tiziana Margaria,Bernhard Steffen Pdf

This volume contains the conference proceedings of the 4th International S- posium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Veri?cation and Vali- tion, ISoLA 2010, which was held in Greece (Heraklion, Crete) October 18–21, 2010, and sponsored by EASST. Following the tradition of its forerunners in 2004, 2006, and 2008 in Cyprus and Chalchidiki, and the ISoLA Workshops in Greenbelt (USA) in 2005, in Poitiers (France) in 2007, and in Potsdam (Germany) in 2009, ISoLA 2010 p- vided a forum for developers, users, and researchers to discuss issues related to the adoption and use of rigorous tools and methods for the speci?cation, ana- sis, veri?cation, certi?cation, construction, testing, and maintenance of systems from the point of view of their di?erent application domains. Thus, the ISoLA series of events serves the purpose of bridging the gap between designers and developers of rigorous tools, and users in engineering and in other disciplines, and to foster and exploit synergetic relationships among scientists, engineers, software developers, decision makers, and other critical thinkers in companies and organizations. In particular, by providing a venue for the discussion of c- mon problems, requirements, algorithms, methodologies, and practices, ISoLA aims at supporting researchers in their quest to improve the utility, reliability, ?exibility, and e?ciency of tools for building systems, and users in their search for adequate solutions to their problems.

Author : Tiziana Margaria,Bernhard Steffen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030034276

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Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Industrial Practice by Tiziana Margaria,Bernhard Steffen Pdf

The four-volume set LNCS 11244, 11245, 11246, and 11247 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2018, held in Limassol, Cyprus, in October/November 2018. The papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Each volume focusses on an individual topic with topical section headings within the volume: Part I, Modeling: Towards a unified view of modeling and programming; X-by-construction, STRESS 2018. Part II, Verification: A broader view on verification: from static to runtime and back; evaluating tools for software verification; statistical model checking; RERS 2018; doctoral symposium. Part III, Distributed Systems: rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems; verification and validation of distributed systems; and cyber-physical systems engineering. Part IV, Industrial Practice: runtime verification from the theory to the industry practice; formal methods in industrial practice - bridging the gap; reliable smart contracts: state-of-the-art, applications, challenges and future directions; and industrial day.

Author : Anna-Lena Lamprecht
Publisher : Springer
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319516417

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Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification, and Validation by Anna-Lena Lamprecht Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification, and Validation, ISoLA 2014, held in Corfu, Greece, in October 2014, and the 5th International Symposium, ISoLA 2012, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in October 2012. The 9 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. This volume combines the post-conference proceedings of the 2014 Doctoral Symposium and the 2014 Tutorial "Automata Learning in Practice" with the post-conference publication of selected contributions from the Tracks "Process-Oriented Geoinformation Systems and Applications" and "Processes and Data Integration in the Networked Healthcare" of ISoLA 2012.