Modelling systems: practical tools and techniques in software development

by Fitzgerald, John Larsen, Peter Gorm

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Title Statements

Full title :Modelling systems : practical tools and techniques in software development / John Fitzgerald and Peter Gorm Larsen.

Summary

How can we make sure that the software we build does what it is supposed to? This book provides an insight into established techniques which help developers to overcome the complexity of software development by constructing models of software systems in early design stages. It uses one of the leading formal methods, VDM (Vienna Development Method), and combines training in the formalism with industry-strength tool support and examples derived from real industrial applications. The principles taught here also apply to many of the current generation of formal methods. This second edition has been updated to include advanced online tool support for formal modelling as well as up-to-date reports on real commercial applications in areas as diverse as business information systems and firmware design.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.
Edition:2. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 288 s. : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780521899116, 0521899117
oclc:ocn465175936
LC Classification:QA76.76.D47
Dewey Decimal:005.1

Foreword to the first edition; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Constructing a model; 3. VDMTools Lite; 4. Describing system properties using logical expressions; 5. The elements of a formal model; 6. Sets; 7. Sequences; 8. Mappings; 9. Recursive structures; 10. Validating models; 11. State-based modelling; 12. Large-scale modelling; 13. Using VDM in practice; A. Language guide; B. Solutions to exercises; Bibliography; Subject index; Definitions index.