A model-driven process for engineering a toolset for a formal method

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-166

  Arcaini, Paolo ^a   Gargantini, Angelo ^b   Riccobene, Elvinia ^a   Scandurra, Patrizia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

abstract state machines; formal methods; model driven engineering

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ABSTRACT STATE MACHINES; AUTOMATIC GENERATION; INTEGRATED TOOLS; META-MODELLING; MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SOFTWARE ARTIFACTS; SOFTWARE PROCESS;

FORMAL METHODS;

EID: 79251471453     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.1019     Document Type: Article

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