Published September 1999

Industrial-Strength Formal Methods in Practice

Edited by Mike Hinchey and Jonathan Bowen

Springer-Verlag, London

Formal Approaches to Computing and Information Technology series (FACIT)
Series Editor: Professor S.A. Schuman, University of Surrey, UK

ISBN: 1-85233-640-4, pages: 416, price: £37.50.
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This unique book concentrates specifically on industrial applications. The authors provide hands-on experience and guidance for those who need to apply formal methods successfully in this context. Each chapter is written by an expert in software engineering or formal methods, and contains background information, introductions to the techniques being used, actual fragments of formalized components, details of results and an analysis of the overall approach. It provides specific details on how to produce high-quality software that comes in on time and within budget.

This book was launched at the ProCoS session on 22 September 1999 during the FM'99 World Congress on Formal Methods.

See the following in PDF (use Acrobat reader) and PostScript format:

PDF/PS - Preface
PDF/PS - Contents (list of chapters)
PDF/PS - Contributors (list of authors)
PDF/PS - Foreword by Michael A. Jackson

See also slides based on the first chapter:

It's Greek to Me: Method in the Madness?

The following publications are relevant to this book:

The Use of Industrial-Strength Formal Methods, Jonathan Bowen and Mike Hinchey. Proc. 21st International Computer Software & Application Conference (COMPSAC'97), Washington D.C., USA, 13-15 August 1997, pages 332-337, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997.
Applications of Formal Methods, Mike Hinchey and Jonathan Bowen (eds.). Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science, series editor Prof. C.A.R. Hoare, 1995. ISBN 0-13-366949-1.
High-Integrity System Specification and Design, Jonathan Bowen and Mike Hinchey. Springer-Verlag, London, FACIT series, 1999. ISBN 3-540-76226-4.

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Last updated 11 July 2005.