An overview of JML tools and applications

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 80, Issue , 2003, Pages 75-91

  Burdy, Lilian ^a   Cheon, Yoonsik ^c   Cok, David ^b   Ernst, Michael D ^d   Kiniry, Joe ^e   Leavens, Gary T ^c   Leino, K Rustan M ^f   Poll, Erik ^e  

^a GEMPLUS   (France)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal methods; Formal specification; Java; Program verification; Runtime assertion checking; Static checking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; PROGRAM COMPILERS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; SEMANTICS; SMART CARDS;

FORMAL METHODS; FORMAL SPECIFICATION; PROGRAM VERIFICATION; RUNTIME ASSERTION CHECKING; STATIC CHECKING;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 18944384605     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0661(04)80810-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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