Applying the SCR requirements method to the light control case study

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 650-678

  Heitmeyer, Constance ^a   Bharadwaj, Ramesh ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal verification; Requirements; Software; Software engineering; Specifications; Tools and techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003620732     PISSN: 0948695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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