Developing safety-critical systems: The role of formal methods and tools

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 55, Issue , 2005, Pages 95-99

  Heitmeyer, Constance ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMAL VERIFICATIONS; MODELING LANGUAGES; SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS; SAFETY-CRITICAL SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE CODES; SOFTWARE PRACTICES; SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION; SUPPORT TOOL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MODEL CHECKING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATIONS; THEOREM PROVING;

FORMAL METHODS;

EID: 84873321876     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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