A commonly held belief is that the friend construct in C++ is a violation of encapsulation. However, little empirical analysis of its use has taken place to provide evidence to su...
Michael English, Jim Buckley, Tony Cahill, Kristia...
The need for the B method first appeared in industry, and several commercial tools have been developed to support this formalism. However, few of these tools allow reasoning on t...
Samuel Colin, Dorian Petit, Vincent Poirriez, J&ea...
The three main assertion-based verification approaches are: Design by Contract (DBC), Extended Static Checking (ESC) and Verified Design by Contract (VDBC). Each approach offers a...
Distributed Real-Time (DRE) systems require the verification of their properties to ensure both reliability and conformance to initial requirements. Architecture description langu...
Abstract. We reflect on the formal development models applicable to embedded control systems in light of our experience with safety-critical applications from the aerospace domain....
Andy Galloway, Frantz Iwu, John A. McDermid, Ian T...