Industrial integration of graphical and formal specifications

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-225

  Armstrong, Jim ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; GRAPHIC METHODS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

AXIOMATIC FORMAL SPECIFICATIONS; MAP GRAPHICAL SPECIFICATIONS;

FORMAL LOGIC;

EID: 0032026482     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(97)00168-4     Document Type: Article

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