Constructing Correct Software: The Basics (Formal Approaches to Computing and Information Technology (FACIT))

by JohnCooke (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $18.10

  This is an explanation of the constructive approach to software development. It involves calculating an answer from the initial statement of requirements or specification, rather than guessing an answer and then testing whether it actually works. It uses the same basic theory as traditional techniques, but is quicker and easier as no wrong answers are obtained, and therefore no incorrect work needs to be discarded. The book is designed to be accessible to anyone with an appropriate basic background knowledge of formal methods. It is intended for fourth or fifth year undergraduate and postgraduate students on formal methods and software engineering courses, and software developers in industry who need a more pragmatic, yet fully formal, approach to software development.

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $94.34

  Links constructive software development to traditional problem-solving methods Not dependent on any particular specification language, but is based instead on their common core