Automatically checking an implementation against its formal specification

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-69

  Antoy, Sergio ^a   Hamlet, Dick ^a  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FORMAL LOGIC; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

FORMAL SPECIFICATIONS; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE TESTING; SELF-CHECKING CODES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033907702     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.825766     Document Type: Article

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