Modelling Systems

Practical Tools and Techniques in Software Development
2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-521-89911-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fitzgerald, John

Larsen, Peter Gorm

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering Objektorientierte Softwareentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Larsen, Peter Gorm
Peter Gorm Larsen is a Professor of Computer Technology and Embedded Systems at the Engineering College of Aarhus (IHA), Denmark. He also works as an independent consultant.

Fitzgerald, John
John Fitzgerald is a Reader in Computing Science at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.