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SEW
2007
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Testing Patterns
: After over a decade of use, design patterns continue to find new areas of application. In previous work, we presented a contract formalism for specifying patterns precisely, and...
Neelam Soundarajan, Jason O. Hallstrom, Adem Delib...
JLP
2006
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13 years 8 months ago
A formally grounded software specification method
One of the goals of software engineering is to provide what is necessary to write relevant, legible, useful descriptions of the systems to be developed, which will be the basis of...
Christine Choppy, Gianna Reggio
SAFECOMP
1998
Springer
14 years 7 days ago
An Agenda for Specifying Software Components with Complex Data Models
Abstract. We present a method to specify software for a special kind of safetycritical embedded systems, where sensors deliver low-level values that must be abstracted and pre-proc...
Kirsten Winter, Thomas Santen, Maritta Heisel
FTCS
1998
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13 years 9 months ago
Improving Software Robustness with Dependability Cases
Programs fail mainly for two reasons: logic errors in the code, and exception failures. Exception failures can account for up to 2/3 of system crashes [6], hence are worthy of ser...
Roy A. Maxion, Robert T. Olszewski
ECSA
2010
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Formal approach to security metrics.: what does "more secure" mean for you?
Security metrics are the tools for providing correct and upto-date information about a state of security. This information is essential for managing security efficiently. Although...
Leanid Krautsevich, Fabio Martinelli, Artsiom Yaut...