Formal specification method for systems automation

European Journal of Control

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-130

  Pétin, Jean François ^a   Morel, Gérard ^a   Panetto, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Automation engineering; Formal specification; Formal verification; Requirements analysis; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FORMAL VERIFICATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

AUTOMATION ENGINEERING; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN PHASE; FORMAL SPECIFICATION METHOD; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; PROCESS BEHAVIOR; REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS; SYSTEM AUTOMA-TION; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

FORMAL SPECIFICATION;

EID: 34548296526     PISSN: 09473580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ejc.12.115-130     Document Type: Article

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