Modular invariants for layered object structures

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-286

  Müller, Peter ^a   Poetzsch Heffter, Arnd ^b   Leavens, Gary T ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invariant; JML; Modular verification; Object oriented programming; Ownership; Visibility

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; VISIBILITY;

INVARIANT; JML; MODULAR VERIFICATIONS; OWNERSHIP;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 33746607322     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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