Formal Foundations for Software Engineering Methods
Published on 23. September 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 293 pages
978-3-540-63613-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Hussmann builds a bridge between the pragmatic methods for the design of information systems and the formal, mathematical background. Firstly, the principal feasibility of an integration of the different methods is demonstrated. Secondly, the formalism is used as a systematic semantic analysis of the concepts in SSADM, a British standard structured software engineering method. Thirdly, a way of obtaining a hybrid formal-pragmatic specification using a combination of SSADM notations and formal (SPECTRUM) specifications is shown. This well-written book encourages scientists and software engineers to apply formal methods to practical software development problems.
More details
Series
Edition
1997 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XI, 293 p.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
950 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-63613-7 (9783540636137)
DOI
10.1007/3-540-63613-7
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Terminology.- SSADM - a pragmatic requirements engineering method.- Spectrum - a formal specification framework.- Alternative ways to an integration of SSADM and spectrum.- A semantic reference specification for SSADM.- The SSADM technique "logical data modelling".- The SSADM technique "entity-event modelling".- Logical consistency of SSADM-F.- Formal extensions for SSADM-F.- The SSADM technique "data flow modelling".- Summary and outlook.