Test templates and a test template framework are introduced as useful concepts in
specification-based testing. The framework can be defined using any model-based …

Specifications can be written in languages which have formal semantics. Their very
formality, and the similarities with some aspects of implementation languages, invites the …

Formal methods enable computer architecture and software design to be mathematically
proved correct before they are implemented. The complexity and time-consuming nature of …

This thesis examines applying formal methods to software testing. Software testing is a
critical phase of the software life-cycle which can be very e ective if performed rigorously …

The real time dialect of VDM, called VDM-RT, contains constructs for describing concurrent
threads, synchronisation of such threads and the distribution of object instances and their …

Our goal is to help the developers of computer-based systems to make informed design
decisions on the basis of insights gained from the rigorous analysis of abstract system …

This paper discusses symbolic execution from a semantic point of view, covering both
programs and specifications. It defines the denotational semantics of symbolic execution of …

The history of the use of [[.]]notation in natural language semantics Page 1 Edinburgh Research
Explorer The history of the use of .-notation in natural language semantics Citation for published …

Information systems are open, reactive, and often distributed systems that maintain
persistent data. The ThOLL and oMThOLL languages aim at specifying information systems …

The model-oriented formal method called VDM contains a specification language called
VDM-SL. This language existed in a number of different dialects, but now a standard for the …