Software simulation and verification to increase the reliability of Intelligent Environments

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-34

  Augusto, Juan Carlos ^a   Hornos, Miguel J ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intelligent Environments; Model checking; Reliability; Simulation; Spin; Verification

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MODEL CHECKING; RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VERIFICATION;

COMPLEX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENT; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE SIMULATION; SPIN; SPIN MODELS; UBIQUITOUS/PERVASIVE COMPUTING;

SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EID: 84873679248     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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