A goal-based approach to guide the design of an abstract event-B specification

Proceedings - 2011 16th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 139-148

  Matoussi, Abderrahman ^a   Gervais, Frédéric ^a   Laleau, Régine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Event B method; KAOS methodology; KAOS refinement patterns; Requirements engineering

Indexed keywords

EVENT-B; FORMAL MODEL; FORMAL SPECIFICATION; GOAL-ORIENTED REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; KAOS METHODOLOGY; KAOS REFINEMENT PATTERNS; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS PHASE;

MODELS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SPECIFICATIONS;

FORMAL METHODS;

EID: 79960476809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICECCS.2011.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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