The affordable application of formal methods to software engineering

Proceedings of the ACM SIGAda Annual International Conference; SIGAda

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 57-62

  Davis, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctness; Engineering; Formal; Proven; Trust

Indexed keywords

CORRECTNESS; FORMAL; PROVEN; TRUST;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33244470714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10943641     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1104011.1103855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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