Ciancarini, P and Cimato, S and Mascolo, C (1997) Engineering formal requirements: an analysis and testing method for Z documents. Annals of Software Engineering , 3 (1/3) 189 - 220.
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Abstract
Z is a declarative, non-executable specification language; its diffusion in the field of requirements engineering outside academia is slow but growing. In this paper we focus on some methods for analyzing and testing Z specification documents, with special emphasis on non-sequential systems specifications. We describe two techniques we have adopted: the former allows the specifier to add to the requirements document a number of properties that then can be checked using a formal semantics; the latter makes it possible to build directly from the requirements specification document a distributed prototype which can be executed and tested over a network of workstations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Engineering formal requirements: an analysis and testing method for Z documents |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Additional information: | Imported via OAI, 7:29:01 26th Jul 2005 |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Computer Science |
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