Introduction to VDM (McGraw-Hill International Series in Software Engineering) - Hardcover

Woodman, Mark; Heal, Benedict

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0077074343 ISBN 13: 9780077074340

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1993

Synopsis

Offering a tutorial introduction to the VDM formal notation, this text is designed for second- and third-year undergraduates of software engineering. Using notation that blends together both computing and mathematics, it covers the process of writing formal specification, developing abstract modules of data and operation, and design. Special attention is paid to the difficult topic of operation decomposition. The authors describe specific proof obligations, enabling students to develop their software so that the conformity of the design to the specification, and the program code to the design, is guaranteed. Teaching aims are highlighted at the start of each chapter, and the text is based on the Open University software engineering degree.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0077074343
• ISBN 13: 9780077074340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264