The Validation of Formal Specifications of Requirements
Author(s) -
T.L. McCluskey,
Julie Porteous,
Margaret Mary West,
Christopher H. Bryant
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
electronic workshops in computing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 1477-9358
DOI - 10.14236/ewic/fa1996.14
Subject(s) - computer science , formal specification , formal verification , process (computing) , software engineering , formal methods , scale (ratio) , formal description , systems engineering , programming language , engineering , quantum mechanics , physics
We review the approaches put forward to validate formal specifications of requirements, drawing a parallel with research into the validation of knowledge bases. Using an industrial-scale case study we describe a partially implemented, integrated environment for validating requirements stated in many-sorted first order logic. In particular, we show how techniques from machine learning can be used to provide extra tool-support for the validation process.
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