Formal verification of medical monitoring software using Z language: A representative sample

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2633-2648

  Babamir, Seyed Morteza ^a   Borhani, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Formal language; Insulin pump; Monitoring devices; Verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; HUMAN; INSULIN PUMP; MONITOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; SIMULATION; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84873035716     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-011-9739-5     Document Type: Article

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