Modelling Systems: Practical Tools and Techniques in Software Development - Hardcover

Fitzgerald, John; Larsen, Peter Gorm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521899117 ISBN 13: 9780521899116

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Authors

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

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521899117
• ISBN 13: 9780521899116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304