On inspection and verification of software with timing requirements

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 705-720

  Xu, Jia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Code; Complexity; Current practices; Inspection; Predictability; Preruntime scheduling; Real time; Restrictions; Software; Software structures; Timing requirements; Verification

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

TIMING REQUIREMENTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0042490525     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2003.1223645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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