The Industrial Take-up of Formal Methods in Safety-Critical and Other Areas: A Perspective

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  • Jonathan P. Bowen
  • Victoria Stavridou
چکیده

Formal methods may be at the crossroads of acceptance by a wider industrial community. In order for the techniques to become widely used, the gap between theorists and practitioners must be bridged e ectively. In particular, safety-critical systems o er an application area where formal methods may be engaged usefully to the bene t of all. This paper discusses some of the issues concerned with the general acceptance of formal methods and concludes with a summary of the current position and how the formal methods community could proceed to improve matters in the future. \To err is human but to really foul things up requires a computer." Farmers' Almanac for 1978 (1977) `Capsules of Wisdom'

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تاریخ انتشار 1993