Formal requirements and design specifications: The clepsydra methodology

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-42

  Ciaccia, P ^a   Ciancarini, P ^a   Penzo, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Formal methods; Larch; Software process; Verification tools; Z

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010795072     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194097000023     Document Type: Article

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