The verification grand challenge

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-668

  Woodcock, Jim ^a   Banach, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frormal methods; Verification grand challenge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547213878     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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