Practice-oriented courses in formal methods using VDM++

Formal Aspects of Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-257

  Larsen, Peter Gorm ^a   Fitzgerald, John S ^b   Riddle, Steve ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; FORMAL METHODS;

FORMAL VERIFICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS; MODEL CONSTRUCTIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; STUDENT EVALUATIONS;

TEACHING;

EID: 63749129617     PISSN: 09345043     EISSN: 1433299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00165-008-0068-5     Document Type: Article

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