Modelling Systems
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.
- A gentle, structured approach with real-world case studies
- Class tested in universities and industrial courses
- Software tools now available online, together with teaching materials, exercises, solutions and more
Product details
September 2009Adobe eBook Reader
9780511577598
0 pages
0kg
14 b/w illus. 20 tables 55 exercises
This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
- Foreword to the first edition
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Constructing a model
- 3. VDMTools Lite
- 4. Describing system properties using logical expressions
- 5. The elements of a formal model
- 6. Sets
- 7. Sequences
- 8. Mappings
- 9. Recursive structures
- 10. Validating models
- 11. State-based modelling
- 12. Large-scale modelling
- 13. Using VDM in practice
- A. Language guide
- B. Solutions to exercises
- Bibliography
- Subject index
- Definitions index.