Engineering formal requirements: An analysis and testing method for Z documents

Annals of Software Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 1997, Pages 189-219

  Ciancarini, P ^a   Cimato, S ^a   Mascolo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 0042735563     PISSN: 10227091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018965316985     Document Type: Article

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